France: an eighth day of mobilization against pensions before the final vote

For the 8th time since January, opponents of the highly contested pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron are mobilized this Wednesday, March 15. REUTERS - STEPHANE MAHE

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For the eighth time since January, opponents of the highly contested pension reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron are mobilizing this Wednesday in France. At the same time, parliamentarians are working to find a compromise on this text.

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This day can be decisive for the vote of the deputies. After the record demonstrations of March 7, and a day of mobilization less followed Saturday, the inter-union wants with this eighth day of action to weigh one last time. Because the majority is not acquired in government.

Government 'more than ever' in search of a majority

The government is seeking "more than ever" to obtain the support of a "natural majority" for its pension reform, said Wednesday the spokesman of the government Olivier Véran, specifying that a possible use of 49.3 to adopt the text had not been mentioned in the Council of Ministers.

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Seven MPs and seven senators are meeting behind closed doors to seek a compromise on the pension reform project, and in particular on the thorny issue of long careers. An agreement in the joint committee (CMP) is essential for a final vote on Thursday in the National Assembly.

Anne Hidalgo singled out in the garbage collectors' strike

As since January 19, hundreds of thousands of French people are expected in the streets to express their refusal of this reform, whose flagship measure, the postponement of the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, crystallizes anger. Apart from demonstrations, renewable strikes continue in several key sectors: transport, energy, waste collection...

On the issue of garbage cans, government spokesman Olivier Véran blamed Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo for "political responsibility" to find a way out of the garbage collectors' strike, accusing her of "imposing" on Parisians the accumulation of garbage cans in the streets of the capital.

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