France returns to the streets against the pension reform: no agreement has been found
They show no signs of stopping protests in France against the pension reform. Today a new one, the eleventh, after the first attempt at dialogue between the French government and the unions which led to nothing. The awaited meeting – lasting just 55 minutes – between the social partners and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne in fact, it took place yesterday morning at Palazzo Matignon, the Parisian equivalent of Palazzo Chigi, but both sides remained steadfast in their positions.
Borne reminded the unions of the “need for this reform”, while the latter returned to ask for the withdrawal of the law which increases the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64. “It was a bust“: the first comment was from the leader of the CFDT union, Laurent Berger. It was Berger himself, the man to whom many looked in the majority for a possible first opening in the wall of opposition, who put an end to the meeting.
Borne’s words are more moderate: “It was a respectful dialogue in which everyone was able to express themselves and was able to listen. Our disagreements on the retirement age did not allow for a thorough discussion. But I think this reunion marks at least one important step. I remain available, I don’t think I can go on without the social partners”.
Meanwhile, union leaders and the left have relaunched the call to demonstrate “massively”. And in fact the protest returned today to the squares of all the cities of France, a week after the last mobilization which had revealed a decrease in the participants in the marches. Dozens of protesters have already blocked access to terminal 1 of the Parisian Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. According to intelligence services, they are expected between 600,000 and 800,000 demonstrators for a total of 370 mobilisations all over the country.
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