And in the world ?
It is not only in France that mobilizations for the 1is-May, International Workers’ Day.
A Madrid, they were about 10,000 demonstrators, according to a government spokesman, marching to demand wage increases and measures against inflation. Other protests have taken place across Spain and in Andorra, where the rising cost of living, housing prices and loss of purchasing power have been at the center of demands.
Thousands of people demonstrated in Athens, in Greece, demanding more measures to support purchasing power, in the face of inflation which reached 9.4% in April. If the minimum wage was increased this 1is May from 50 euros, to 713 euros monthly, this measure is considered insufficient by the unions, who claim 825 euros.
In Italy, the main trade union confederations had called for a rally to Seated (center), on the theme “to work for peace” in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We absolutely must work to put an end to this absurd war, wanted by Putin”declared the leader of the CGIL union, Maurizio Landini, in front of several hundred activists.
Several thousand people also marched in Londonat the call of unions and environmental or societal organizations, such as Black Lives Matter.
In Sri Lanka, the opposition has called in unison for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. « Go home Gota »chanted tens of thousands of activists in Colombo. Months of power outages, runaway inflation and severe shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have sparked widespread protests since mid-March.
The president of theSouth Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, left the celebrations after angry minors invaded the stage on which he was to speak at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenberg (north). The protesters, who chanted “Cyril must go”demanded a salary increase.