Nina Pavan, with AFP
This Saturday, several thousand people demonstrated in Marseille to oppose the pension reform. A “march of anger” in the presence of LFI leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon and several unions and left-wing parties. The demonstrators whom Europe 1 met ensure that they will go “to the end” to have the reform withdrawn.
In Marseille, the mobilization against the pension reform continued this Saturday. Several thousand people demonstrated in the streets of the Marseille city in the presence of the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon during a “march of anger” because, from pensions to climate, “everything is linked” for them. Less than a week after the mobilization of May 1, several unions and left-wing parties called for this new rally intended to ask to “live, work and age with dignity”, as indicated by the head banner.
“The people stay, the presidents pass”
“Too much is too much” for Eve, who considers that this pension reform exacerbates the anger of the people. “It triggered all the demands, the awareness of injustices, the widening of inequalities, the authoritarian way of governance”, she explains at the microphone of Europe 1. “The people remain, the presidents pass, of all way. But it all comes together to make people angry.”
Jean-Marie, he comes to each demonstration and as long as the reform is not withdrawn, he will continue. “Continue to have actions, to make demonstrations. We go to the end, until the moment when he removes his reform”, he assures. “And when we see Macron addressing the people, he forgets that there are parliamentarians, he forgets that there are mayors, he ignores all that, so it’s really authoritarian governance.”
While waiting for the inter-union day of June 6, in the procession, we are already promising other actions to keep the flame of protest alive.
2023-05-07 07:40:32
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