Rescuing the spirit of “the yellow vests”
For Lilian, Macron’s plan “is useless” because the deficit in the pension system “is not as large as the government says and can also be corrected in another way” without the need to increase the minimum retirement age.
Between chants rescued from the time of the “yellow vests”, the popular revolt that began at the end of 2018 that put Macron in check, unionists and students are determined to continue with the pressure in the streets for as long as it takes.
Among the protesters were retirees like Éric, 63, who protested in Paris “in solidarity” with future generations.
“I think this is the time to blockade the country, something we should have done before. The unions have called one day of protest after another. Now it has been shown that this no longer works,” this former preschool teacher told EFE.
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Éric was alluding to the eight days of mobilization held so far this year, which included street protests and sectoral strikes, some of them of an indefinite nature, such as the garbage strikes in Paris. However, the country was never paralyzed.
If the hardening of the strikes is yet to be seen, the opposition to Macron in the Assembly has already shown its weapons. Both the extreme right of Marine Le Pen and the left announced that they will shortly present their respective motions of censure to try to overthrow the government of the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne.
“Last-minute resorting to 49:3 is an extraordinary sign of weakness,” Le Pen said. “You must go,” he added.
