Europe 1 with AFP 21:26 p.m., March 23, 2023

The unions continue to put pressure on the government. At the end of a national day of mobilization, the unions announced a tenth day of strikes and demonstrations to protest against the pension reform. It will be held on Tuesday, March 28. Union rallies are also announced this weekend.

The unions announced on Thursday a tenth day of strikes and demonstrations, on March 28, and local union rallies this weekend, to protest against the pension reform. "While the executive seeks to turn the page, this sustainable and responsible social and trade union movement confirms the determination of the world of work and youth to obtain the withdrawal of the reform," they said at the end of a ninth day of mobilization that brought together according to them "more than three million demonstrators".

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A clear increase in participation

A level equivalent to the record of March 7, even if the Interior counted less than 1.1 million people in the streets, which attests to a clear increase in participation after the use of 49.3 to pass the reform in Parliament and the day after a televised intervention by Emmanuel Macron that bristled his opponents.

Incidents multiply in Paris

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The demonstrations, strikes and walkouts "are a response to the untruths expressed by the President of the Republic and his incomprehensible stubbornness," the unions stressed. While incidents have been multiplying for a week in Paris and several major cities, "the responsibility for the explosive situation does not lie with the trade unions, but with the government," they added.