So far, the impact has not been significant, since the cold has prevented the garbage in Paris and other cities from stinking. There are no queues at gas stations yet, as motorists and service station operators anticipated the disruptions.
But the hardline CGT union at TotalEnergies’ Donges refinery said the strike would continue until at least Thursday and the garbage collectors’ unions had not set a date for the resumption of services.
The unions plan more marches across the country for Saturday. According to a note from the Ministry of the Interior quoted by French television BFM, the police expect between 800,000 and 1 million people to demonstrate.
A controversial process in Parliament
Time is pressing for opponents. The government chose a controversial procedure that limited the days of examination of the project and also allows it to apply it by ordinance if by March 26 the two chambers of Parliament have not ruled.
The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, also activated a controversial mechanism this Friday that further limits the debate in the Senate, where the project is located, with the hope that the upper house will vote on it before the deadline that ends on Sunday.