France: majority still heckled on the ground after pension reform

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After a rally before the expected arrival of French Minister of Education and Youth Pap Ndiaye at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, April 24, 2023. AFP - GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT

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Ten days after the promulgation of the pension reform by the Head of State, the social context remains extremely tense. Following the example of Emmanuel Macron, ministers and deputies continue to travel on the ground. But the experiment is not conclusive. These visits of the executive are still heckled by the demonstrators.

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Gare de Lyon, Paris, Monday evening, April 24. A surprise pot concert was held to welcome the Minister of National Education Pap Ndiaye. The minister finally exited through a hidden passage away from the demonstrators. A few hours earlier in Lyon, his travel had already been disrupted.

Monday evening again, it was the turn of the Minister of Culture to be questioned at the ceremony of Molières: "May the struggle continue and long live the breaks!

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Rima Abdul-Malak took to the microphone to denounce the double game of the unions: "Usually, the role of the minister is to sit and say nothing, but this is not possible. On February 7, we had a meeting, you asked to postpone it, we postponed it to March 16. You did not come, you asked to postpone it, it is postponed to April 27, it is Thursday. You asked again to cancel it. There is still time to change my mind, I'm here, my door is open.

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The majority intend to continue their travels

The Renaissance deputy of Bouches-du-Rhône, Jean-Marc Zulesi, was pursued in the streets of Salon-de-Provence Saturday, April 22 by demonstrators. He filed a complaint.

The examples are multiplying every day, but for Gabriel Attal, we must continue to move forward. "We did not wait to hear pots and pans to listen to the French and to hear the French. The important thing is that we continue to move and that we go in contact with the French," he said.

Face-to-face meetings are expected to continue. The head of state asked the majority to increase travel.

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