Throughout France, processions marched to try to roll back the government of Elisabeth Borne on the pension reform.

In several large cities, such as Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes or Marseille, the participation was higher than that of the first mobilization, according to figures from the prefectures.

In Paris, the CGT reported 500,000 demonstrators (against 400,000 on the 19th).

The authorities' figure was not immediately available.

Back, in pictures, on the second day of mobilization against the pension reform.


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Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • The demonstrations against the pension reform on Tuesday gathered as many, if not more, people than those of January 19, according to figures from the authorities.

  • In Marseille, some 40,000 people marched, against 26,000 on January 19, according to figures from the prefecture.

    The CGT claiming 200,000 demonstrators.

  • “It is one of the biggest demonstrations organized in our country for decades”, declared Laurent Berger, the number one of the CFDT, noting, shortly before the departure of the Parisian procession around 2 p.m., that there had "more people" on the street than the 19th.

  • All over France, the processions displayed the same refusal of the flagship reform of Emmanuel Macron carried by his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and his postponement of the legal age of departure to 64 years.

  • According to the figures communicated by the prefectures, they were 14,000 in Rouen (against 13,000 on the 19th).

  • Or 28,000 in Nantes (against 25,000).

  • Once again, small and medium-sized towns were not lacking in the mobilization like Alès (7,000) or Angoulême (8,500).

  • Some prefectures, however, recorded a lower number of demonstrators such as in Clermont-Ferrand (17,000) or Orléans (8,500 against 12,000) compared to the 19th.

  • They were also nearly 25,000 in Montpellier, 10,000 more than during the first event.

    A noticeable revival also in smaller towns, such as Sète (4,500), Calais (5,000) or Guéret (4,300).

  • The gauge rises almost everywhere, in large cities as in small ones.

  • The number of demonstrators remains stable in Bordeaux (16,500), Rouen (14,000), Strasbourg (10,500) or Nice (7,000), to within a few hundred each time.

  • At least 23,000 in Rennes, 10,000 in Châteauroux, 7,500 in Béziers.

  • The demonstration against the pension reform this Tuesday in Paris gathered 500,000 people according to the CGT, while the figure from the authorities was not immediately available.

  • During the previous day of mobilization on January 19, the union had counted 400,000 participants in the capital, against 80,000 according to the Ministry of the Interior.

  • A few scuffles broke out between the police and several dozen ultras on Boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris, halfway through the demonstration.

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