People attend a demonstration against the French government’s pension reform plan in Paris, part of the sixth day of national strike and protests (Pictures: REUTERS) (SARAH MEYSSONNIER /)Members of the Gendarmerie maintain their posts (Reuters) (SARAH MEYSONNIER /)The bill carried by President Emmanuel Macron plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years old. The general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor said today that they were going to ‘paralyze the country’ (AFP) Strikers on Tuesday blocked the exit of fuel from all refineries in France, as well as traffic on access roads in some cities (AFP)
“The objective is for the government to withdraw its reform project,” repeated the secretary general of the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Philippe Martínez (AFP).Around 320 demonstrations are called today across France, at which police intelligence services expect between 1.1 and 1.4 million people (AFP)
Strikes are becoming very visible on public transport. SNCF had to cancel an average of 80% of high-speed trains (TGV) and virtually all other long-distance conventional trains (AFP)
On international lines, there is no service on the Paris-Barcelona corridor or on the lines between France and Germany; only one return train on the links with Italy, and 20% of the usual trains on the links with Switzerland (AFP)
Sixth day of national strike and protest (REUTERS) (SARAH MEYSONNIER /)“Stop France” is the motto of the sixth day of mobilization. On the banner we can read “Macron, despise the republic” (REUTERS) (SARAH MEYSSONNIER /)The banner says “Macron, we say no” (REUTERS) (SARAH MEYSSONNIER /)The government project has already passed through the National Assembly and is currently being considered in the Senate, a body which has until March 12 to decide on the 3,000 current amendments (REUTERS) (SARAH MEYSSONNIER /)French energy strikers gather at a roadblock near the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-L’Orcher, near Le Havre (Reuters) (PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/)A person burns a tire (Reuters) (PASCAL ROSSIGNOL /)A flag flies in front of a bonfire as striking French energy workers gather at a roadblock near the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-L’Orcher, near Le Havre (Reuters) (PASCAL ROSSIGNOL/)The unions calling for demonstrations (CGT, FO, CFDT, FSU, Unsa, CFTC, Solidaires, etc.) presented the mobilization plan (Reuters) (STEPHANE MAHE/)In air transport, the controllers’ strike forced the cancellation of 20% of flights at Charles de Gaulle (Reuters) (STEPHANE MAHE /)The rate of approval of a renewable strike is particularly high among the workers (70%), the employees (74%) and among the voters of the leftist leader. But Macron’s proposal is rejected even by professionals: in this sector the majority of respondents support maintaining unemployment, even 64% of executives and intellectual professions support it (Reuters) (STEPHANE MAHE /)
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