Vital
- Emmanuel Macron is scheduled to deliver a long-awaited speech at 8 p.m. on mainstream channels, three days after the promulgation of a law pushing back the legal retirement age from 62 to 64.
- The union, which scheduled the meeting today, has already called for May 1 to be “a day of exceptional and popular mobilization” against the reform.
- In the meantime, the four SNCF unions have declared Thursday a “railroad rage day”. The CGT also called for rallies on the same day, as well as the following Thursday, April 28th.
- Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne assured on Saturday that she and her government “intend to speed up” post-pension reforms, appealing to the opposition and social partners to move forward on other issues.
Opposition to reform remains massive
According to a poll conducted for BFMTV, 69% of French people remain against pension reform, while 64% want the mobilization to continue. The proportion of opponents has remained stable for several months since the start of mobilization in mid-January and has fluctuated between 65% and 72% of the general population. At the same time, 76% of only employed and 52% of pensioners remain against this reform. Finally, 90% of the French believe that the speech of the head of state will not calm the situation.
Gatherings in front of the town hall or prefectures
Calls for marijuana and rallies in front of city halls or prefectures at 20:00, when the head of state makes a speech, flourished on social networks.
How to reconnect?
The President of the Republic will speak Monday night to try to renew his five-year term after a difficult pension debate. Movements will follow to try and stop the mistrust. Deciphering the decisive moment.
Macron “deprived of the right to rule the country”
“The president should be the guarantor of consent. He is deeply disqualified to govern the country,” accused EELV MP Julien Bayou on Europe 1 yesterday.
Macron has ‘three solutions’ for Marine Le Pen
The President of the Deputies, R. N. Marine Le Pen, calculated yesterday that the “choice” for Emmanuel Macron is limited to “three decisions”: a referendum, the dissolution of the Assembly, or resignation.
Hello everybody
Welcome to this new live broadcast of news on pension reform, a few hours before Emmanuel Macron’s 20:00 speech.
Source: Le Parisien
I have worked in the news industry for over 12 years. I have a vast amount of experience in different areas of the industry, including politics. I am currently a political news writer for 24 News Recorder. I have also written a book about politics. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends, as well as traveling.
:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/KSEOSAUPINFDLB6MHXDU2CHVPU.jpg)
