The date of the fifth day of mobilization against the pension reform is recorded. It will be held on Thursday February 16, the unions announced on Wednesday. It will therefore take place five days after another day of demonstration, this Saturday, which the organizers hope is massive.
“The inter-union meeting today decided on a national day of inter-professional action on February 16,” Dominique Corona, deputy secretary general of Unsa, told AFP on behalf of the inter-union. Before that, the unions are counting on Saturday to strengthen the processions again.
For the third day of mobilization, this Tuesday, February 9, mobilization was down everywhere in France. It brought together 757,000 people according to the Ministry of the Interior, “nearly two million” according to the organizers, figures below the previous days, on January 19 and 31.
A fourth day is scheduled for Saturday throughout France. The Parisian demonstration will start at 1 p.m. from Place de la République in the direction of Place de la Nation, according to the CGT.