Jean-Luc Mélenchon continues to mobilize against pension reform. - I. Harsin / SIPA

For Jean-Luc Mélenchon, “it is a form of beaded general strike that is taking hold in the country. But the leader of France Insoumise wants to go further: this Thursday, he launched an appeal to all professions to "enter the fight" so that the government withdraws its plan to reform pensions.

The deputy from Marseille welcomed the entry this week of "social sectors unusual in this form" of social combat, "like lawyers", before joining the procession in Marseille.

“The proxy strike is good! "

"We cannot leave rail workers, chemists and electricians alone on the front line," he continued. The (other) professions must enter the fight. Now, I want to tell you "friends, the strike by proxy is good! At one point, the strike, you have to do it yourself". "If we do not resist, if we make the sheep, we will be sheared," he added, urging the French "to join in friendship and brotherhood" with the movement by contributing to the strike funds.

JEAN-LUC MÉLENCHON: "If we make the sheep, we will be shorn!" https://t.co/xAUz4Z1uZh via @YouTube

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On the merits, the leader of the rebels reiterated his overall opposition to the pension system by points, and considered that without withdrawing from the project, the idea of ​​a conference on the financing of the pension system had "no sense ".

"Pivotal age and point retirement system are two sides of the same coin," he said, adding, however, "any withdrawal on one point or another (from the government) would be a good signal. willingness to discuss. "

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