The demonstration against the pension reform gathered 2.8 million protesters across the country on Tuesday, the CGT said, while the number from authorities was not immediately available.
During the day before the mobilization, on January 19, the unions had reported more than two million protesters, while the authorities had counted one million.
In several large cities, such as Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes or Marseille, the turnout was higher than on January 19, during the first mobilization. In Paris, the organizers counted 500,000 demonstrators, when the police headquarters counted 87,000 and the independent firm Occurrence 55,000.
“This is one of the largest demonstrations organized in our country for decades,” declared Laurent Berger, the number one of the CFDT, noting, shortly before the departure of the Parisian procession around 2:00 p.m., that there were “more people “. on the street that 19.
Source: BFM TV
