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Headlines: a confused end to the strike

" After a historic movement, the mobilization against pension reform now takes the form of targeted and symbolic actions, often beyond the control of the unions, " notes Liberation in terms that are, to say the least, cautious.

Liberation which wonders: " Very clever one who claims to sum up in one word the state of the social movement against the pension reform project. After being structured around the record strike in transport, is it reinventing itself in form, as tends to show the multiplication of spectacular actions? Is it first of all hardening, even "radicalizing", as the power affirms after different episodes (where the violence remained however very relative) ? Unless he is mostly getting back into bed, with in particular the decision of Unsa, majority in the RATP, to end his renewable strike on Monday to focus on the days of the demonstration only. "

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Black weekend

You have to call a spade a spade, exclaims Le Figaro : " of sackings assumed in arson, of individual threats in collective intimidation, violence, in a few months, has become a natural mode of political expression," deplores the newspaper. Formerly confined to suburban riots, it now targets, in the heart of Paris, the Head of State and his ministers. "

Sud-Ouest adds: " Is France still in a democracy ? We can ask ourselves the question after the dark weekend that our country has just experienced. Small incidents, apparently minor, but violent for those who suffer them, and who, juxtaposed, end up drawing the swollen face of a country where a small active and brutal minority is trying to impose its law. "

And South West to detail: “ There was this violent intrusion at the headquarters of the CFDT, guilty of wanting to sign an agreement on pension reform. Then President Macron prevented from attending a show under the pressure of a small threatening crowd, rioted via social networks by a pseudo-journalist, but true militant of the far left. And finally, this fire at La Rotonde, the favorite brewery of the Head of State, and which will put thirty people out of work for at least three months. These incidents are not isolated. They are part of a context in which intolerance and violence are mounting. "

Les Échos are on the same line: “ Break (or occupy, conspire) if not to weigh: violence has unfortunately become a recurrent symptom of our sick democracy. "When we do not agree, we become a target to be shot," denounced Friday Laurent Berger, who had just suffered an intrusion at the headquarters of the CFDT. When we lose a balance of power, we switch to the other fight, disloyal. The reflex is all the more primary since it is likely to be counterproductive. Nothing is more effective than gratuitous violence to discredit a movement. "

And Les Echos concludes: " If a battle like that of pensions is won over public opinion, the events of the past few days will undoubtedly give it a boost and will precipitate the end of the conflict. "

Bac reform: students under pressure
Also on the front page, the reform of the bac taking shape this Monday ...

There too, it gets stuck… Le Monde wonders: “ Are we going to relive, after the kick-off, today, common tests of continuous control of the new baccalaureate, a crisis of the same order as the one that enamelled the June 2019 session and saw teachers retain notes and copies ? "In the vast majority of establishments, things are looking very good," tempered the Ministry of Education straight away. Nevertheless, while motions and petitions are raining down in high schools, general assemblies and meetings follow one after the other, the first concerned - 1st year high school students called to compose, these coming days, say they see the + pressure going up + . "

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And angry teachers

Indeed, complete Le Parisien , " textbooks and notebooks that fly and crash on the steps of the rectorates, a sinister dance of papers orchestrated by ulcerated teachers. The scene has been repeated in recent days, Place de la Sorbonne, in Paris, in Toulouse, in Clermont-Ferrand, in Caen and Versailles… A strong telegenic symbol, a very ominous omen too. The new baccalaureate, which becomes a reality this week for the 526,000 general and technological 1st pupils, risks spending a dirty quarter of an hour. Some of the teachers will boycott the first continuous assessment tests, which must be organized in each school from today. "

In fact, this reform of the bac “comes up against two objections, points Liberation :“ It risks introducing inequality before the exam, since each establishment organizes it in variable ways and around various subjects; above all, it places additional work on the principals, previously carried out by the rectorates. (…) More broadly, the protest movement reflects the general malaise of the teachers, notes Liberation again. Less paid than in many European countries, teachers have a feeling of downgrading which contrasts with the importance of their mission in an unequal and divided society. The pension reform also leaves uncertainty over the fate reserved for them at the end of their careers. The remedy ? , wonders Liberation . There must be recognition, of course, replies the newspaper, but above all proofs of recognition, which go through an increase in salaries, the only way to compensate for their extra work and reassure them about the future of their retirement. "

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Libya: a crisis as serious as in Syria?
Finally, the conference on Libya in Berlin, which yesterday tried to reduce international interference.

" Are we sufficiently aware of the dangers posed by the situation in Libya ? , exclaims La Croix . We know the drama of the migrants who pass through this country. We know that the fall of the Gaddafi regime in 2011 has considerably facilitated Islamist actions in northern Africa. And it is clear that this country is undergoing a confrontation between the east and the west of its territory. What, on the other hand, we do not measure enough, La Croix points out , is to what extent foreign interference continues to aggravate all the data in the file. To the point that some see the risk of a crisis as serious as that of Syria, a few hundred kilometers from our coast. Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Arab Emirates, France, Greece, Italy, Qatar, Russia, Turkey : the list of protagonists is long and confused. And the quarrels that are at stake are sometimes very far from the fate of the Libyan population. "

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