The unions bought it proper this time. More than 1,000,000 folks have demonstrated all through France in opposition to the pension reform that Macron and his authorities have proposed and whose nice workhorse is extending working life by two years. According to information offered by the police, the mobilization exceeded a million 200 thousand folks all through France, in probably the most large demonstrations seen in France since 2012, when the then Minister of Labor Éric Woerth additionally offered a reform of the pensions.
After the success, the unions have as soon as once more known as demonstrations on February 7 and 11. From the French commerce union organizations it’s assured that “it is not going to cease” till they handle to cease the reform that retains society divided. Half 1,000,000 folks demonstrated in Paris. The unions guarantee that, for the primary time, they’ve a higher variety of associates because of their strain in opposition to the Macron authorities.
The nation’s medium-sized cities as soon as once more mobilized in opposition to Macron’s invoice, whose basic vector is to extend life in France to attempt to keep the pension system, probably the most highly effective within the European Union. To do that, Macron needs the working life to be elevated by two years and that 40 years have contributed to gather the utmost pension. France like all of the international locations of the European Union have a giant drawback with pensions, the retirement of the Baby Boom technology and the overall social present of working much less to dedicate extra time to private life.