In order to win the standoff against the government, Fabien Roussel sets objectives for the first day of union and political mobilization against the pension reform.
The national secretary of the Communist Party thus urges "one million" French people "to take to the streets" on January 19.
“Public, private, young people, retirees, we all have to go out massively (…) Let’s be 1 million to break into the street.
Only this meeting counts,” he declared in the
Sunday newspaper
.
In recent weeks, “Emmanuel Macron has organized a sham consultation: the changes made to the initial project do not detract from its brutality for millions of employees.
It is he who makes the choice of weapons, ”he laments.
Request for a "real debate"
Beyond his call to demonstrate massively, the deputy from the North takes the opportunity to put forward new proposals.
According to him, the reform should be submitted to a referendum rather than a vote in Parliament.
“We want a real debate on a progressive pension reform.
The people must be fully involved.
“A referendum is six months of campaigning.
What could be more democratic than engaging in a debate in the factories, the universities, the media, project against project?
“, he underlines.
The government's plan aims to gradually raise the retirement age to 64, instead of the current 62, while accelerating the extension of the contribution period.
The main unions, unanimously opposed to this reform, will mobilize next Thursday and the whole of the left has called to join the protest.
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