Left-wing politicians hailed Thursday on Twitter a "historic day" against pension reform and promised that "this is only the beginning" of the mobilization before the days of action on Saturday and January 31.

"We showed our determination today: this is only the beginning of the fight for our pensions," said LFI coordinator Manuel Bompard, after this day of mobilization which saw more than a million people march. in the country.

On the evening of "the greatest social mobilization for 20 years", the leader of the Insoumis Jean-Luc Mélenchon made an appointment "Saturday for the march of January 21" behind the youth organizations.

For MP LFI Clémentine Autain, this "exceptional day" goes "beyond our expectations".

Faced with the “tremendous success” of the demonstrations, the former environmentalist presidential candidate Yannick Jadot estimated that Emmanuel Macron is under pressure “must hear the massive opposition of the French to his deeply unjust project and give it up”.

" It's just a beginning, let's keep fighting !

launched the new head of EELV Marine Tondelier.

Day of action on January 31

Beyond is also looming the next day of action announced by the unions on January 31: "One thing is certain, we will be there again on January 31 to face the government and its reform", promised the national secretary. of the PCF Fabien Roussel.

“This mobilization is historic, we will fight the battle to the end”, promised the Socialist Party, saying “no to the Borne-Ciotti reform”.

The eight main unions have agreed on a new day of strikes and demonstrations against the pension reform on Tuesday January 31, they announced Thursday evening.

Union representatives have been meeting since 6:00 p.m. at the Solidaires headquarters, after a day of strikes and demonstrations which, according to the CGT, brought together more than two million people, and 1.12 million according to the Ministry of the Interior.

A level of mobilization higher than that of December 5, 2019: at the start of the protest against the previous pension reform project, the police had counted 806,000 demonstrators in France, the CGT 1.5 million.

From Barcelona where he participated in a Franco-Spanish summit, Emmanuel Macron assured of the "determination" of the executive to bring about a "fair and responsible" reform.

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Train traffic still disrupted Friday in Ile-de-France

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Pension reforms: After a very strong mobilization, the government under pressure

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