This is an unprecedented initiative. The deputy La France insoumise (LFI) of Val-de-Marne, Louis Boyard, launched this Sunday, on social networks, a “blockade challenge”. In a short video posted in particular on his Twitter account, he calls on students and high school students to block their establishments this Tuesday for the day of strike against pension reform.
“On March 7, all of France will be blocked against the pension reform. And because this reform also concerns us young people, it is expected that all high schools and all universities will be blocked against the pension reform. This is why we are launching the hashtag blockade challenge”, launches one of the youngest deputies of the National Assembly, interspersed with a sequence with the word “Quaicoubeh”, the new trend which electrifies teenagers from TikTok to the classroom.
He asks students to publish their “most beautiful photos” of blockades of high schools and universities. “Among these photos, we will draw one and the team of blockers will be invited to visit the National Assembly with us”, continues the elected official. And the one who immediately stood out on his arrival at the Palais-Bourbon by refusing to shake hands with RN deputy Philippe Ballard, to finish: “We meet again on Tuesday March 7 to put the country at a standstill and participate in the blockade challenge. We meet on Tuesday to push Macron back.
A message encouraging mobilization
A message read by 4.2 million people which was widely relayed with nearly 4,400 shares, 5,200 “likes” and 808,000 video views this Sunday evening on Twitter, to which are added nearly 700,000 views on TikTok, the favorite social network of the youngest. But this message of incitement to the mobilization of the youngest is not to everyone’s taste. Many Internet users have criticized this initiative, especially politicians.
“The Assembly is not a competition prize. Politics is not a TikTok challenge. You should serve them, you are hurting them. Respect your function, respect your institution, respect the French people! “, answers him curtly the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet. Quickly supported by Laurent Croizier, MoDem deputy for Doubs. “Prevent your comrades from studying and you will be rewarded by Boyard for visiting the heart of democracy that he and his friends at LFI want to trample,” he wrote.
“Youth, once you are in the street, once you have pushed back Emmanuel Macron on pensions, do not stop there: talk to him about Parcoursup, had already asked Louis Boyard on Friday alongside Jean-Luc Mélenchon , in front of students. When high schools and universities are blocked, there is a seesaw. You will win”. The unions intend to mobilize on Tuesday, the sixth day of action, even more than on January 31, when the police had identified 1.27 million participants and the inter-union more than 2.5 million. According to police sources, between 1.1 and 1.4 million demonstrators are expected, including 60,000 to 90,000 in Paris.