The discontent against the pension reform must not end in the short term, warns the general secretary of the CGT. To the point of leading to a blockade of the country? “If the government does not listen to anything, we can get to this,” launches Philippe Martinez this Friday night on the BFMTV set.
“Multiply Actions”
On Thursday night, at the end of a day that mobilized beyond their expectations, the eight main French unions announced a new day of demonstration on January 31 and called for “multiplying actions”, “especially around January 23 “, day of presentation. of the law in the Council of Ministers. In a press release, the CGT evokes “meetings, public debates, rallies, torchlight parades.”
For Philippe Martínez, the challenge is “to be more numerous” than on Thursday: at least 1.12 million people hit the sidewalk according to the Ministry of the Interior, “more than two million” according to the unions. “We need more young people on the streets,” he calls this Friday night on BFMTV.
Emmanuel Macron “is arrogant again”
Traveling to Barcelona on Thursday for a Franco-Spanish summit, Emmanuel Macron declared that the pension reform was “democratically presented and validated”. A comment that added fuel to the fire, believes Philippe Martínez.
The current reform project, which provides for the postponement of the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, will be debated in the Social Affairs Commission of the Assembly from January 30, for one week. As of January 27, the Finance Committee will meet him to rule.
Source: BFM TV
