PARIS. They responded yesterday as more than 700,000 demonstrators gathered in the streets of the French capital. unions in the proposed pension reform, holding a sixth consecutive “day of action” against a bill that would, among other things, extend the retirement age from 62 to 64. This is the largest anti-pension protest march since the beginning of the mobilization in mid-January.

The strike will continue tomorrow in transport, refineries, universities and schools, according to the CGT union. Limited rioting took place yesterday afternoon on a march in Paris and in other cities: eleven arrests for riots were registered in Rennes. The security forces also clashed with protesters, members of the notorious “black blocs”, shortly after the end of the march in the 13th municipal district of the capital.

Yesterday, truck drivers blocked major highways with roadblocks, while state railways and the metropolitan metro and bus operator advised users yesterday to “choose remote work.” At yesterday’s meeting, railroad union leaders vowed to toughen their stance in the coming days with 24-hour strikes across the network. Departures from Paris airports yesterday fell by 20-30%, and today new problems with flights are expected due to the strike of air traffic controllers. According to trade unions, 60% of teachers participated in yesterday’s mobilization.

Strikes continue in transport, energy and oil companies and schools, 65% of citizens agree with them.

According to an Ifop poll yesterday, 65% of French people support the continuation of anti-pension protests. 74% of employed, 79% of unemployed and 83% of industrial workers support a tougher stance on unions.

The percentage of 76% of Marine Le Pen’s National Front voters who seem to agree with the left-wing unions’ proposal for a permanent strike is sensational. However, party chairman Jordan Bardela said “locking down the country is not the solution.”

Macron’s Revival coalition office yesterday issued a stern warning to the ruling coalition in the National Assembly, threatening to remove and expel from the parliamentary group and committees any MPs who vote against or abstain from voting on pension reform when and where necessary. happened. The controversial bill is currently being debated in the Senate, controlled by the centre-right opposition, and its final form is expected to be submitted to the National Assembly for a vote on March 12. The government’s attempt to debate the bill in the National Assembly ended in a fiasco on February 17, when the government invoked an article in the constitution that allows for a 20-day time limit on bills to preempt the tactic of dragging out the leftist opposition.