LIVE – Pensions: truckers go on strike against the reform this Sunday

The Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, raised his voice this Saturday against the unions that want to put “France on hold” on Tuesday against the pension reform, explaining that it is “the French who will be blocked” and “the workers those to be brought to their knees.”

On the sidelines of a visit to the Salon de l’Agriculture, the minister called on the opponents of the reform to “responsibility” and “get out of hypocrisy.”

After a mobilization of electricians last Friday, it is the turn of the truckers to strike this Sunday in opposition to the pension reform.

The inter-union asks to “put France on hold” starting next Tuesday. The unions want to toughen the movement to push back the government.

The Senate with a right-wing majority voted this Saturday night the extinction of several special regimes, one of the most sensitive measures of the pension reform project, while the pressure grows in the streets and businesses before the mobilization of March 7.

Electricians and gas workers, concerned like the RATP about this disappearance of their regime, began a renewable strike this Friday. It leads to reductions in electricity production at several nuclear power plants, without causing outages to customers.

In an interview with Le Parisien, Labor Minister Olivier Dussopt defended a “more just reform.” “This reform is necessary and urgent for the balance of the system in 2030”, he insists.

In his argument, the minister says that “almost 1.8 million current retirees will see their pension increased in September. This will rise to 100 euros a month (…) This does not enrich them. But it’s a substantial effort, it never materialized despite commitments over 20 years.”

Find all the announcements from the Ministry of Labor on BFMTV.com.

Hello and welcome to this live dedicated to the pension reform, but also to the mobilizations scheduled for Tuesday, March 7.