The constitutionnal Council validated the essentials of the pension reform on Fridayincluding the postponement of the legal retirement age to 64 years. The Constitutional Council validated most of the reform, including the emblematic measure of the postponement of the retirement age to 64 years. Six provisions were censored by the “Sages”, including the “senior index”. At the same time, the Elders rejected a request for a shared initiative referendum (RIP) submitted by the left. A second request, filed later, must however be the subject of a new decision on May 3.
Elisabeth Borne: “Tonight, there is neither winner nor loser”. According to the Prime Minister, the Constitutional Council “judged, both in substance and in procedure, the reform in accordance with our Constitution”. She estimates this Friday evening that “there is neither winner nor loser”. More information to be found here.
The inter-union calls for a massive mobilization on May 1. The inter-union calls on employees to make May 1 “a day of exceptional and popular mobilization against pension reform and for social justice”. Until then, she has decided “not to accept meetings with the executive,” she said in a statement.
The opposition calls for the fight to continue. The decision of the Constitutional Council does not change anything: the opposition remains determined to continue their fight against the pension reform project, warning in particular of the risk of violence. Our article.
Demonstrations in major cities. Demonstrations took place at the end of the day on Friday in several cities in France, including the Parisian rally at the Hôtel de Ville at the call of the CGT and FO in particular, where 3,000 people gathered. Overflows took place in particular in Rennes where the door of a police station in the center of Rennes and that of a convention center were set on fire.
112 arrests in Paris. At 10:30 p.m. the police headquarters announced that they had made 112 arrests in Paris on the sidelines of the demonstrations.
