Pension reform: new mobilization day set for January 31

The date for the second round has been set. The anti-pension reform mobilization barely ended on Thursday when eight major trade union centers (CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC, CFTC, Unsa, Solidaires and FSU) announced a new day of strikes and demonstrations. January 31st.

Prior to this date, trade unions and several youth movements called for a “multiplication of action”, especially on Monday, January 23, when the bill was presented to the Council of Ministers.

“The government must abandon” the 2030 age increase to 64 and the accelerated extension of the contribution period to 43 years from 2027, the union said in a press release read to the press following that first day. fight.

People on the streets

Between 1.1 million and 2 million people took to the streets of France this Thursday to protest against the government’s plan, the Ministry of the Interior and trade unions estimate. Between 80,000 and 400,000 of them demonstrated in Paris, where about thirty arrests were recorded. Clashes were also reported in Lyon.

“I applaud the commitment of the police, as well as the unions, in allowing the demonstrations to take place in good conditions,” Prime Minister Elisabeth Bourne tweeted.

During a trip to Spain, Emmanuel Macron promised that the executive branch would continue the reform “with respect, in the spirit of dialogue, but with determination and the spirit of responsibility.”