The mobilization against the pension reform entered Thursday, December 12, in its second week and could be amplified the day after the presentation of the project by Prime Minister Philippe Édouard.
End of special schemes, "age of equilibrium" at age 64, entry into the system from the generation born in 1975 ... Far from appeasing anger, the content of the future "universal retirement system" by points has shifts the reformist unions into the opposition camp.
"There is room for negotiation"
As soon as the plan was unveiled, the union revolt widened. The "red line is crossed", thundered the secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger, first support for a universal system by points but hostile to an extension of the contribution period through the establishment of an "age of balanced".
"There is room for negotiation, whether on the hardship, whether on the modalities to achieve balance," said Thursday morning the Minister of Economy, Bruno Mayor, while Laurent Berger asked the government to "go back" on "the age of equilibrium".
For its part, Laurent Brun, the general secretary of the CGT-Cheminots, warned, Thursday on Franceinfo, that there would be no truce for Christmas in the strike movement which paralyzes for a week the transport in France, "unless the government comes to their senses" on its plan to reform the pension system.
On December 17, "there will be only Medef will not be on strike," quipped the number of the CGT, Philippe Martinez. The CFDT, the first union, called on its members to take to the streets during this next major mobilization, but not with the inter-union CGT-FO-Solidaires-FSU.
Major police unions threaten to "harden" their mobilization
FO also wants to "strengthen the mobilization", while transport remained very disturbed Thursday with already almost 400 kilometers of cap before 8 pm in Île-de-France.
In public transport, traffic was almost unchanged compared to Wednesday: one TGV and one Transilien out of four, nine lines of Paris metro closed, the 11 being only until 9 h 30. Only 40% of the buses were also driving , against 50% expected, because of early blockages, according to the RATP.
"The situation is in line with what was announced, without any particular blockage, the traffic is still so low, but yesterday we had the lowest participation rate since the beginning, we will wait to see the one of today. hui ", said for its part the SNCF.
Local demonstrations and rallies are planned from Toulouse to Paris, where a parade must leave from Nation.
For its part, the Council of Bars will vote actions Friday, and the main police unions threaten to "harden" their mobilization. FSU teachers also called for the renewal of the movement.
According to the government, the bill will be ready by the end of the year, submitted to the Council of Ministers on 22 January and discussed in Parliament at the end of February.
With AFP
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