The government showed French Monday Her desire to “calm down” a week after the approval Amending the pension system without a vote in Parliament.
However, the efforts of its president, Elizabeth Born, did not succeed in defusing the tension on the eve of a new mobilization scheduled for Tuesday, in protest against raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
consultations
The continued mobilization against reforming the retirement system in France falls within the context of demands to raise salaries in Western Europe on the rise of inflation, especially in Germany and Britain.
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In France, on the eve of the tenth day of mobilization against pension reform, Prime Minister Elizabeth Born announced in an interview with Agence France-Presse that she intends to hold consultations with the aim of “calming the country.”
Bourne said on Sunday that it set two goals after adopting the text without a vote under a constitutional procedure: “to calm the country in the face of these tensions and to speed up the response to the expectations of the French.”
A broad series of consultations will begin over three weeks, starting from Monday, with political parties, deputies, local representatives and social partners if they so desire.
It will first detail this “action plan” for Macron and then for the majority officials.
Regarding the relationship with the unions, Bourne, which rejects calls to suspend or withdraw reform, proposes a “resumption of work” on various points from the difficulty of hiring the elderly to changing professions.
The Secretary-General of the reformist “CFDT” union, Laurent Berger, reiterated his position on Monday, suspending the reform, indicating that he would not accept “Bourne’s outstretched hand” except on this condition.
“excessive use of force”
In Paris, the Louvre Museum, the most popular museum in the world, remained closed on Monday due to the absence of a number of employees. And in the streets of the capital, which has been witnessing a strike by garbage collectors for three weeks, the volume of accumulated waste has slowly decreased, while remaining 7828 tons on the streets.
The previous mobilization day is translated into 23 March, with the increase in the momentum of the gatherings and the escalation of clashes on the sidelines of the gatherings, where he was arrested 457 person and injured 441 A member of the police and gendarmerie.
Accusations of violence include security forces, and even the Council of Europe expressed concern about the “excessive use of force” against protesters.
On Monday, government spokesman Olivier Ferrand denounced Melenchon’s position and that of his party, “France the Proud”, saying that “Melenchon and his friends live out of anger and misery.”
Greens MP Sandrine Rousseau on Monday blamed Macron and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin for the violence at the demonstrations, saying they resorted to violence and questioned their desire to “cause trouble” using “an abundance of means”.
On the other hand, far-right leader Marine Le Pen blamed the violence in Saint-Sullen on “far-left militias” and the “indulgence” of successive governments with them ten years ago.
And more than one ran out of petrol or diesel 15% of petrol stations Monday due to a strike at refineries.
On the ground, in and around Paris, suburban and metro trains will be “very turbulent” on Tuesday, according to the Paris public transport company RATP.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation asked airlines to cancel 20% of its flights at Paris-Orly and Marseille airports (south), Toulouse and Bordeaux (southwest) on Tuesday and Wednesday.
France 24/AFP
