New day of mobilization, this Tuesday, January 31 in France, against the pension reform. On January 19, they were more than a million according to the police, the double according to the unions, to demonstrate. The inter-union calls again to pound the pavement. If the united front says it is determined to lead the rebellion until the government bends, some unions want to accelerate the movement with more radical actions.
The main objective of the intersyndicale is to defeat the government. And some central trade unions, such as the General Confederation of Workers, the CGT, consider that the protest in the street will not be enough and propose to carry out targeted actions in different sectors of activity.
Actions have already been announced for the month of February in energy, in the ski lifts of ski resorts, and in transport, with a possible renewable strike at the SNCF during the February school vacation period. , posing a threat to mountain tourism professionals already tested by two years of pandemic.
More than half of the French are in favor of blocking the country if it is the only solution to make the government back down on pension reform. pic.twitter.com/Hr60tPtRpo
—Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) January 29, 2023
More and more French people are rejecting the pension reform project. Seventy-two percent of respondents do not want it, according to a recent survey by the Elabe Institute. Despite its educational efforts, the government is struggling to convince public opinion to work for two more years.
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To this was added this week the controversy over the impact study of the pension reform. The document, presented by the government, points to an inequality between men and women. The latter will have to work two to five months longer than these gentlemen.
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Borne sets the tone
This Monday begins the examination of the project in the National Assembly. The kick-off of an intense political showdown for which the government declares itself ready. He even went on the offensive this weekend, toughening his tone. And it was Elisabeth Borne who sounded the charge, chanting that “ postponing the retirement age to 64 is no longer negotiable “.
There is therefore no question, for the Prime Minister, of reopening the debate with Les Républicains, who have been hesitant in recent days; the right also reminded of its responsibilities and its political program by the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire…
For his part, Gérald Darmanin took it upon himself to invective the left-wing opposition, accusing the Nupes of wanting ” bordéliser » the country and not to defend the value of work. The Minister of the Interior, who also sets the tone on the substance of the reform: ” We have nothing without nothing “, the French must therefore make an effort.
No more question of justice, nor of convincing the greatest number. The government now assumes that it is only aiming for the financial balance of the pension system. ” The choice of social chaos “, protests the boss of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, while the vice-president of the LR party, Aurélien Pradié, denounces “ chin blows from the executive.
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Tuesday street test
The atmosphere should therefore be electric this Monday during the kick-off of the examination in committee of the some 7,000 amendments tabled to the text. Pending the figures of the union mobilization organized on Tuesday.
I am outraged that the government is not listening. They do what they want. I’ve been living in France for almost twenty-three years and it’s getting harder and harder, for the workers too. And especially people who come from elsewhere.
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