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In France, Prime Minister Édouard Philippe received this Friday, January 10, the union and employer organizations, after five weeks of strike against the pension reform. The mobilization against this reform remains very strong and the unions hope that it will be illustrated again this Saturday, during a new day of call to demonstrate throughout the country.
Calling for a new day of demonstration, 48 hours after that of Thursday, the bet may seem risky, but on the 38th day of mobilization, the unions have reason to be optimistic.
According to the Interior Ministry, more than 450,000 people were on the streets on January 9, 56,000 in Paris alone. And even if these figures are very far from those communicated by professional organizations, they are higher than those of December 10.
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Thursday, however, was a weekday and a rainy day. A call to demonstrate on a Saturday could therefore this time allow all those who are not on strike or do not have the means to take their turn to take to the streets. The unions count in particular on private sector employees.
Among the officials, the mobilization is barely running out of steam: one in two train drivers was still on strike this Friday. In Paris, the metro network is still very disrupted. And almost every day, new sectors are announcing initiatives.
Hundreds of lawyers symbolically threw their black dresses on the steps of the Paris courthouse on Friday. The refineries extend their shipping halt to January 16. The electricity sector continues its strike movement for 24 hours.
In any case, the mobilization of this Saturday will depend on that of next week. The intersyndicale already calls for new days of action on Tuesday, Wednesday and next Thursday.
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