Paris (AFP)

There will be "no truce for Christmas" in the ongoing strike without withdrawal of the pension reform, warned Thursday on France info the general secretary of the CGT-Cheminots, Laurent Brun.

The mobilization will continue "until we are assured that the current system is maintained, the system for all employees, and that we start negotiations for the improvement of this system," said the official. first union of the SNCF.

"The strike continues and we regret, since we did not leave like that, to see that the government is right in his boots and so it will last a long time," warned Mr. Brown, adding that there will be "no truce for Christmas unless the government comes to reason before that".

Asked about the same subject, Laurent Berger, the general secretary of the CFDT, explained for his part on BFMTV that "personally" he thinks that "during the holiday season, especially for people to go join their family and go spend the Christmas parties, you have to give them the opportunity to circulate as they see fit and the CFDT railway is attached to that as well ".

The mobilization in France against the controversial pension reform, which paralyzes the country's major cities, has entered its second week and could increase, the day after the presentation of the project by the Prime Minister, strongly criticized by all unions.

The reform provides for the disappearance of special schemes such as that of the SNCF, whose four representative unions (CGT, Unsa, South and CFDT) remain very mobilized. On Wednesday, Laurent Brun had called all employees to "strengthen the strike".

Thursday, on public transport, traffic was almost unchanged from Wednesday: a high-speed train of 4 across the country, a suburban train in the Paris region out of 4, and a majority of closed metro lines. Only 40% of buses also traveled, according to the RATP Paris transport authority, also on the front line in the fight against the pension reform.

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