How many days of mobilization once morest the pension reform will there be in total? This Saturday marks the seventh day of mobilization once morest the pension reform. The unions have sounded the mobilization and are betting on a strong mobilization just before a decisive week, where the government hopes to have its reform definitively adopted. The trade unions hope to be followed by placing a day of protest on a weekend and thus not forcing the employees to ask for a day of strike.
The Deputy Secretary General of the CFDT Marylise Léon estimated on franceinfo this Saturday morning that these demonstrations mark “ the last straight line (…). It’s now that it’s going to be played “, echoing the secretary general of Force Ouvrière Frédéric Souillot who calls for “ mobilize, including by blocking “, ensuring that” on the roundregardings, the industrial zones, the teams are there and the mobilization, it is massive and determined ».
Police sources anticipate a participation of around 800,000 to a million people in the 230 demonstrations planned in France this Saturday, including 70,000 to 100,000 in Paris, where the demonstration will start at 2:00 p.m. from Place de la République to Place de la Nation. .
Massive mobilizations in the street so far
The previous Saturday of protest, February 11, had seen 963,000 people take to the streets according to the Ministry of the Interior, and more than 2.5 million according to the CGT. On Tuesday, opposition to the reform project also manifested itself with a record number of demonstrators (1.28 million people according to the Ministry of the Interior, more than three million according to the intersyndicale) – without however putting the country ” off “as the CGT promised.
Since Tuesday, renewable strikes have been initiated or intensified in several sectors, including trains and the air sector, as well as power generation plants, gas infrastructure or garbage collection. But the traffic is announced almost normal at the RATP on Saturday except on the RER A and B.
Opposite, the executive remains unmoved and focuses on the parliamentary battle. In response to a letter from the inter-union, Emmanuel Macron judged Thursday that the time was at “parliamentary time”following the ” consultations carried out by the Prime Minister and the adjustments already made to the text.
The Senate examines the text until Sunday midnight
« The government is, as it has always been, at your disposal to move forward through dialogue, find innovative solutions, without compromising on the need to restore a lasting balance to our pension system. “, Thus opposed to the unions the Head of State, without responding to their request to be received urgently. The eight main unions and five youth organizations had sent this request in writing to the Head of State on Tuesday evening, judging in passing that the executive’s silence in the face of the social movement posed a ” serious democratic problem ».
The executive especially drew on Friday the constitutional weapon of the blocked vote, via article 44.3 before the Senate. The Luxembourg Palace must now decide before Sunday midnight on the entire text by a single vote, retaining only the amendments proposed or accepted by the government.
The senators resumed the hectic review of the pension reform on Saturday morning, with more than 700 amendments to the program before the ax of the end of the debates on Sunday midnight. The session started at 9:30 a.m. with the presentation of amendments from the majority right in the upper house, asking to extend to liberal professionals the existing 10% pension increase for parents of at least three children.
A joint committee bringing together deputies and senators should be held on Wednesday before a final vote in stride in both chambers. But it seems uncertain that the government will find a majority of deputies to approve the text. He might then resort once once more to article 49.3, that is to say an adoption without a vote, which would place him in a perilous political situation.
(with AFP)