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– Voting day…against the government? At 4 p.m., the National Assembly must vote on the two motions of censure proposed by the groups Libertés, Indépendants, Outre-mer et Territoires (LIOT), and Rassemblement national (RN). Issued following the outbreak of 49.3, these will determine the fate of the Borne government, and the continuation of the pension reform.
– The unions are calling for a new day of interprofessional mobilization this Thursday, March 23, everywhere in France, against the pension reform. This weekend, many mobilizations were observed all over France. 169 people were arrested on Saturday, according to the Interior Ministry.
– While the garbage collectors’ strike continues in Paris (9,600 tonnes of uncollected waste), at least until Tuesday, and extends to Rennes, and Nantes, several education unions have called for a strike , while the first day of the baccalaureate exams is held.
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“Some employees have rage”, says Jean-Claude Mailly
While many spontaneous mobilizations were observed this weekend, is the movement escaping the unions? No, answers Jean-Claude Mailly, ex-secretary general of Force Ouvrière, guest of Franceinfo this morning. He recalls the various days of mobilization in calm, the initiatives without violence, and the day planned and declared on March 23. Without however excluding “slips”. “Some employees who are usually calm are angry and do not understand how one can be so stubborn,” he says.
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Marine Le Pen denounces “the method” and “contempt”
“We are facing an extremely important reform, since it will impact millions of French people in their private lives. The government has chosen to use a legislative vehicle that is completely open to criticism and questionable, and to prevent debates” , said Marine Le Pen, on RTL this Monday morning. Asked about the declarations of this weekend by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire, she denounces the “method”, and “the contempt” of the government.
“Mathilde Panot, Marine Le Pen and Charles de Courson, allies to bring down the government and form an alternative majority”? “A clownish hitch!”, Bruno Le Maire declared to the Parisian this Saturday. Mobilized in the media to defend the pension reform, the Minister of the Economy estimated, the next day in A Sunday in politics, on France 3, that the pension reform was necessary, because of the “financial risks” which threaten the French economy.
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The ring road blocked in Rennes
Fires, and motorists forced to wait. In Rennes, activists have started blocking the city’s ring road, according to local media. More axes have been targeted. The CRS charge, tear gas is used.
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Macron wants to reform pensions until “the end”
In a message from the Elysée, sent to AFP this Sunday evening, President Emmanuel Macron explained that he wanted the pension reform to go to “the end of its democratic journey, with respect for all”. He assures of “the mobilization of the government so that everything is implemented” in order to “protect” the parliamentarians threatened, including Éric Ciotti, targeted by protesters.
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On the program this Monday: after 49.3, the Assembly must vote on two motions of censure, aimed at defeating the government. The day promises to be very well attended, and loaded with social mobilizations, while many trade union organizations have expressed their strong opposition to the pension reform, and the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64 years. Follow our live.