THE ESSENTIAL
- A new day of mobilization is planned this Saturday in all parts of France, after the activation on Thursday of article 49.3 on the pension reform.
- Just like Thursday, spontaneous rallies sprang up across the country on Friday night. New tensions were observed at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. read the article
- To put pressure on the LR deputies, Jordan Bardella announced that his group would not present, in the event of dissolution, any candidate against the Republicans who would vote in favor of the motions of no confidence. read the article
The unions remember having warned of the risk of radicalization of the movement
Several trade unionists said on BFMTV on Friday that they were not surprised by the anger surrounding the actions against the pension reform since Thursday. The unions are calling for community demonstrations this weekend.
Philippe Martínez, for example, said on Tuesday that “anger rises, and when there is a lot of anger, there may be things that are not acceptable.”
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A motion of censure presented by the RN, after the use of 49.3 by the government
After the firing of the 49.3 on Thursday by the government of Elisabeth Borne, the National Group (RN) announced on Friday that it will file a motion of censure, after the approval without a vote of the pension reform.
This motion of no confidence is the second, after the one presented by the independent and transpartisan group Liot, supported by elected officials from Nupes.
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A cross-partisan motion of no confidence with an uncertain future
For the inter-party motion of no confidence presented by the Liot group to be voted on, all the opposition deputies and some thirty LR parliamentarians would have to vote. What has never happened since the beginning of the five-year period.
That is why all eyes are on the LR deputies who should tilt the vote to one side or the other.
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New tensions observed on Friday night
Police made more than 60 arrests Friday night at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, where a spontaneous gathering took place in the late afternoon.
The early morning was marked by a radicalization of the people present in the place, which gave rise to clashes with the police.
On the Lyon side, the 4th arrondissement town hall was ransacked by protesters who managed to enter the building. There was even a fire.
New day of mobilization scheduled for this Saturday in all parts of France
For the ninth time, the inter-union convenes this Saturday in all parts of France to mobilizations against the pension reform, two days after the unleashing of 49.3 by the government.
Several thousand people gathered spontaneously on Friday night in Paris, on the place de la Concorde, a few hundred meters from the National Assembly.
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Source: BFM TV
