Striking staff of the Comédie Française on the balcony and windows of the building, Sunday, March 1. - G. Novello

The rain even stopped to let them play. Striking personnel from the Paris Opera and the Comédie Française gave a short performance this Sunday afternoon in front of the Comédie Française building, Place Colette in Paris, to protest against the pension reform.

An orchestra gathered on the porch of the building to accompany the actors who exchanged replies to the windows of the facade. Inspired by L'Avare by Molière, the play featured a Harpagon claiming its money and which could easily be assimilated to the government.

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At the end of the fifteen-minute performance, a speech was read from the balcony questioning the pension reform project. The use of article 49.3 was also denounced by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, whose name was plentifully whistled by a crowd of a few hundred people. She then chanted several “Macron resignations! »Before intoning« And we will go until withdrawal! ".

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