Wilfried Devillers 08:43, March 23, 2023

Emmanuel Macron has called for appeasement: he nevertheless stirred up the anger of the demonstrators. "Liar", "lesson giver", "disconnected from reality"... Politicians and unions did not mince their words against the president who spoke in an interview on Wednesday. And in the streets, the protest is stronger than ever. On Wednesday night, there were many of them in the street. Report in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

The tone rises, the anger too. A few hours after Emmanuel Macron's interview about the adoption of the draft law on pension reform via a recourse to 49.3, the French are back on the streets. In the procession in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on Wednesday, many demonstrators denounce this disconnection with the street. Julien is disgusted: "There are demonstrations going up everywhere and the only answer he has is 'Circulate, there is nothing to see'. There is no debate about the social crisis we had with this pension reform. There really is a democratic crisis that is being added. This is no longer possible."

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Faced with what he describes as contempt, the young man intends to continue his struggle in the street, just like Emma, for whom the president's words only reinforce social discontent. "It's impossible to stay at home and do nothing," says the girl. "I will continue. If this pension reform passes, we will be crushed over the rest of the five-year term and it will be even more a destruction of the public service and a social state."

The street to be heard

Keeping up the pressure and even hardening the movement to make himself heard is the only solution for Jonathan. "It has to go through the streets and actions that, unfortunately, will have to be violent to be heard. We saw it yesterday, last week." Will this anger be expressed again today, on the ninth day of mobilization? In the previous eight, no major incidents were reported.