Tuesday March 7, the number of people in the street against the pension reform set a new record, exceeding according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior and the CGT the peak of January 31. The police counted 1.28 million demonstrators and the CGT 3.5 million.
This is the sixth day of action against this reform wanted by Emmanuel Macron, to which the French are, according to polls, mostly hostile.
In the gas sector, three of the four LNG terminals in France have been shut down “for seven days” Monday by the unions. According to the CGT-Chimie, fuel shipments were also still blocked Wednesday morning at the exit of the refineries of the TotalEnergies group.
The government is counting on the adoption of the reform in the Senate by Sunday’s deadline, and is considering “a vote on March 16” in both houses of Parliament. The inter-union asked to be received “emergency” by the French president, castigating the “silence” by Emmanuel Macron, and calls for a new day of action on Saturday March 11.