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In an atmosphere of tension and violence, French unions are preparing, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, for the tenth day of protests against the pension reform law. President Macron is still steadfast in his position by refusing to withdraw the law, while his prime minister is trying to absorb anger and meet with politicians and trade unionists to find a solution to the crisis.
Over the weekend, opponents of the pension reform law in France did not stop carrying out protest demonstrations, strikes and closures of vital centers with the aim of putting pressure on the government ahead of the tenth day of social movements called for by all trade unions.
These demonstrations, which are calling for President Macron to withdraw the law, are beginning to take more violent turns, and this is alarming, according to Laurent Berger, head of the Democratic Confederation of Labor. CFDT
We have seen a lot of images of violence and crackdowns in the demonstrations, and no focus has been placed on the millions who took to the streets of France to demonstrate peacefully.
There is a dangerous atmosphere in the country, and this is a sufficient reason to suspend the retirement law and a sufficient reason for the government to understand that setting a retirement age of 64 years is unacceptable.
President Macron is still steadfast in his position by refusing to withdraw the law and affirmed that he will not negotiate under the threat of violence. At the same time, he instructed his prime minister, Elizabeth Bourne, to create an atmosphere of dialogue in which deputies of the presidential majority, and then deputies of the opposition right, meet before meeting with the unions that still insist on the demand to freeze or withdraw the law. As a condition for returning to the negotiating table. This hardening of positions does not foreshadow an imminent cessation of the crisis and is liable to increase the tension within the French street.
