Saturday evening in Montauban, the announcement by Prime Minister Édouard Philippe to use article 49-3 to adopt the pension reform project without a vote, did not leave opponents of the proposed new distribution system unmoved. by the government.
Spontaneous mobilization
Around 8 p.m., trade unionists from the CGT, FSU, Solidaires and Yellow Vests gathered in front of the Tarn-et-Garonne prefecture to demonstrate against this “forceful passage” of the government. “It was not planned, assures the trade unionist Christophe Couderc. At this announcement which surprised us all because we did not think that the Prime Minister will do this on a Saturday evening, we launched calls”.
A spontaneous demonstration thus gathered at the height of the evening a hundred people, forty according to the police. The demonstrators found barriers near the prefecture which they placed on the avenue of the Emperor. However, the axis was closed for a short time, the demonstration took place in peace, without any notable incident.
For his part, Christophe Couderc thinks that this use of 49-3 “aiming to muzzle the opposition and the contradictory debate on the reform” will “allow the trade unions to give a boost to the mobilization” after the sluggishness due to the return school holidays. As of Monday evening (at 6.30 p.m.), a demonstration will again be held in front of the prefecture. “The government is lying, certifies the trade unionist. The € 1,000 pension for farmers is wrong. How the point will be calculated with an index INSEE who is not good? What is clear is that 64% of French people do not want this reform and that if it passes pensions will fall by 20 to 25% “.
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