The day of protest takes place on the eve of the ruling of the Constitutional Council on the pension reform.
This Thursday is the twelfth day of mobilization in Iparralde and France for the pension reform, on the eve of the decision of the Constitutional Council on the pension reform. And that will be it on Friday when the interpreting body of the Magna Carta will advise whether or not it fully or partially validates the reform, which, among other things, raises the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
Currently the government of the president Emmanuel Macron It has been demonstrated inflexibleand stressed that the measure is essential to ensure the financial equilibrium of the pension system in the medium term.
The labor unionsFor their part, they have warned the French executive that they will keep up the pressure and their mobilizations as long as the pension reform is not withdrawn, even if the Constitutional Council approves it this Friday.
Trade unions have organized more than 250 demonstrations across the country which, according to police intelligence, will be less massive than in recent weeks.
The strikes will be felt again, especially in the public transport, but with less impact than in the recent past. 20% of high-speed trains (TGV), 80% of other long-distance convoys, 40% of regional trains and 25% on some Paris suburban lines have been cancelled.
Given the strike of part of the air traffic controllers, the airlines had to cancel 20% of their flights at the airports of Nantes, Bordeaux and Toulouse and delays are also possible. The country’s two largest airports, Orly and Charles de Gaulle, have not foreseen any cancellations or delays.
The meeting between Elisabeth Borne and the unions on the pension reform ended last week, according to the unions, in a “failure” due to the French Prime Minister’s refusal to withdraw the legal text.
Recently in an interview with the French newspaper the worldthe head of the French executive distanced himself, at least in tone, from President Macron, who is much more forceful on pension reform.
Exactly, Macron was interrupted this Tuesday by several activists who, among other things, denounced the pension reform during a speech by the president during his two-day official visit to the Netherlands.
Source: EITB
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