opposition to pension reform at the heart of the processions
“As long as the reform [des retraites] will not be withdrawn, we will continue”, says…
opposition to pension reform at the heart of the processions
“As long as the reform [des retraites] will not be withdrawn, we will continue”, says Sandrine Guillaume, neonatal nurse, present in the parade on the Place de la République, in Paris. She hopes no less than Emmanuel Macron “abdicate” in the face of popular protest.
On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, the inter-union called for a “exceptional mobilization”, against a background of social and economic crisis. Sophie Binet, secretary general of the CGT, estimated that this 1er-May was “historical” and denied everything “rotting” of the situation.
The leader of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, meanwhile, welcomed the strong mobilization throughout the country. “It is a sign that resentment and anger do not diminish”he said, at the head of the Parisian procession.
Some 2.3 million people marched across France, according to the CGT. The Ministry of the Interior, meanwhile, counted 782,000 demonstrators, against 116,500 last year.
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