On the one hand, unions which filled up yesterday… On the other, a government which does not want to let go of its pension reform…
” The standoff lasts », notes The Courier Picard.
” The street persists and signs “, spear Champagne release.
” Determined exclaims The union.
” In the hard “, point Provence.
“ Stop or again? », wonders The Lorraine Republican
” And now ? “, asks himself The Independent.
Well, that’s just the first act, claim Humanity. “ The strike rather twice than once! This March 8, International Women’s Rights Day, comes the day after a historic day which this morning opens a new phase of social mobilization against pension reform. On this symbolic day, women are called upon to stop work, salaried and domestic. If they stop, the world stops. Something to remember that our lives depend on the first of the chore, not the first of the rope. So yes, exclaims again Humanity, France will still be at a standstill today. »
Wriggle
Release is more cautious about what follows: it is still too early to talk about what any president fears when faced with a social movement: a real entry into the dance of students and high school students. But it wriggles (…). The next four days, with in particular Thursday the call to demonstrate youth movements, will give elements to appreciate the turn that next week could take on campuses. The next four days will also say, point again Liberation, if the renewable strikes or blockages that appeared yesterday in strategic sectors such as transport or refineries are likely to settle over time. And if the conflict over pensions will swell the demonstration for women’s rights this Wednesday and the march for the climate on Friday. “Waiting for the new day of action on Saturday…
Will let go, won’t let go?
Le Figaro wonders: ” who, from the trade union front or from the executive power, is going to give in? The advantage would rather go to the second. A dramatic change is possible, but the reform should, one way or another, be adopted by the end of Marchsays the right-wing daily. One unknown remains: would a blockage of the country then be likely to call this decision into question? »
Anyway, sigh Le Figaro“ each time, we witness an identical spectacle, or almost. The routine of a sepia-coloured country, which struggles to look the future in the eye and which invariably plays the same piece again. (…) While waiting to know the result of the showdown, the disputed text is reduced to its minimum portion, see the newspaper again. The end of the special regimes would not be for now and the civil servants would keep their derogatory method of calculation. As for the 13 billion euros in savings promised, they have melted like snow in the sun with all the facilities granted. If it passed, the reform would concern less than one in two French people. To save the pay-as-you-go pension system, another would soon be needed. ” And Le Figaro to sigh: the French routine, again and again… »
Anyway, for The echoes“ the executive will not let go. The two precedents of 1995 (special regimes) and 2006 (CPE) offered a different configuration: faced with the blockages of the street, Jacques Chirac, president, had ended up letting go of his Prime Ministers to the task, Alain Juppé then Dominique de Villepin. This time, the reform comes from Emmanuel Macron himself, point The echoes. If he renounces it, he renounces everything. »
With Mbappé, “everything is possible…”
Also on the front page, football and the moment of truth tonight in the European Cup for PSG against Bayern Munich…
” The day of the flame », nicely titled The Team on this March 8th… The flame of hope…” PSG is at the foot of a summit tonight in Munich, where it must absolutely win. The presence of Kylian Mbappé, on the bench in the first leg, however, changes a lot of perspectives. »
In effect, ” with him everything is possible exclaims The Parisian on the front page. “ Performance, elegance, extra soul, Kylian Mbappé is at the heart of everything. At the heart of all possibilities. It transcends, it gives meaning. The public is not mistaken. If PSG can still dream aloud this Wednesday morning of a qualification, it is only because it is there. »