Clément Bargain 09:08, March 23, 2023

For this Thursday of mobilization, universities are also demonstrating against the pension reform. In Paris, the prestigious Paris Dauphine is blocked for the first time in its history. A mobilization triggered not so much by the reform itself as by the use of 49.3.

The call for mobilization is general for this day of demonstration against the pension reform. Faculties, such as that of Lyon II, Saint-Etienne or Toulouse, will be blocked this Thursday. The prestigious Parisian university Paris Dauphine also declared a strike for the first time in its history.

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"There, we must act!"

A second-year master's student in strategy and organization, Béatrice supports the blockade of the university. "It affects us all whether we are left and right. I know that my father is a worker, that he has problems with his retirement, and I think it is in denial to think that it will not affect us regardless of our social level or what we will do in the future. There, we must act!", she explains at the microphone of Europe 1.

Even among students who tend to support pension reform, the method used by the government is disturbing." The mobilization is mostly against form. We want to mobilize when this would not necessarily be the case normally. The use of 49.3 also contributes to this," says Paul, a third-year student in management and management.

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"It's historic for Dauphine"

Paris-Dauphine should be blocked at least half a day, unheard of in this university. Ariane is an activist at UNEF: "There, the movement has become massive. There were maybe thirty of us at the first General Assemblies. There, we expect 200 people. We have a lot of people behind us. This is historic for Dauphine. Even the faculties that we did not expect are mobilizing against this reform." A mobilization that could be long-lasting. A new national student coordination will take place on March 25 and 26.