Alexis Delafontaine 10:27 a.m., January 16, 2023
A week under high tension is announced in the country, with the first day of demonstration Thursday against the reform of the pensions.
If the government wants to convince on the need for its reform, on the left, the mobilization against the latter is put in battle order.
With one idea in mind: to be united.
Thursday, January 19 will take place the first day of mobilization against the pension reform, at the call of all the unions.
"It has to be at the level of 1995", launched Philippe Martinez, the leader of the CGT, guest on France 3 this Sunday.
But in this battle, what place for political parties?
On the side of the left organizes to display a united front.
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Overcome internal divisions
From tomorrow evening, the whole of Nupes will meet in Paris, during a joint meeting against the pension reform.
Each in turn, the leaders of the left parties will take the floor to mobilize the troops, but above all to make people forget the internal divisions.
For the socialist deputy Philippe Brun, the left must be united in the face of this pension reform.
"We must stand together. We must show all the people who trust us that there are committed women and men in this country who will fight to the end in the National Assembly against this unjust reform. French, finally, can only count on us", he explains.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Adrien Quatennens are not invited
To avoid controversy, the two ugly ducklings on the left, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Adrien Quatennens, are not invited.
They will not participate in the demonstration of the unions this Thursday either, even if the whole of the left will be present.
With the idea of waging a double battle in the National Assembly and in the streets.
La France insoumise support for its part a march against the pension reform planned next Saturday at the call of youth organizations.