Nearly 380,000 citizens took to the demonstration today. France for the 12th day of protests against pension reform, according to the Home Office, while the CGT union says there are “more than 1.5 million” protesters.
The mobilization and participation of protesters is slowing, according to the authorities, ahead of the long-awaited decision of the Constitutional Council on this bill, which the government approved without a vote in the National Assembly.
The CGT union initially announced “over a million” members, reportedly the lowest number since the movement’s inception in mid-January.
CGT General Secretary Sophie Binet then released a new estimate of the number of protesters, according to which “more than 1.5 million people” demonstrated in the country.
The MIA figures of 380,000 protesters are in line with the second-lowest turnout since the start of the movement after Saturday March 11 (368,000).
V Paris, thousands of citizens demonstrated as they made their way to the Constitutional Council, which will decide on the constitutionality of Macron’s reform on Friday. The police said, according to Le Monde, that 42,000 citizens rallied in the capital alone.
Throwing trash at the police and “invasion” of the Louis Vuitton building
At the building of the Constitutional Council, they lined up from the very beginning policeand a few hours before the start of the main march, demonstrators they threw garbage bags at the police.
In addition, before the start of the main march, more than 100 striking railroad workers demonstrated in a street dotted with Parisian luxury boutiques, while storming the offices of the luxury group LVMH, which houses the headquarters of the famous fashion house Louis Vuitton..
Thousands of citizens also demonstrated in Toulouse, Marseille and other cities. Tension prevailed in the demonstrations in Brittany, especially in Nantes and Rennes.
Union CGT calls for more strikes by refinery workers and cleaners. Recall that the previous strike led to the fact that in March the streets of Paris were littered with garbage for three weeks.
Workers blocked the entrance to the Feyzin refinery near Lyon for two hours early Thursday morning before police intervened. While incineration sites outside of Paris have also been excluded.
Decision of the Constitutional Council and subsequent trade union movements
All eyes are now on the Constitutional Council, the highest constitutional body of the country, who must decide on the legitimacy of the bill. “The decision of the Constitutional Council on Friday will also mark the completion of all reform procedures,” he said. Macron to journalists during a trip to the Netherlands on Wednesday, noting, however, that the public debate “will certainly continue.”
If the Council gives the green light, Macron hopes to pave the way for reforms before the end of 2023.
According to Le Monde, APE-MPE and AFP.
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