Tens of thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday, January 31, in the streets of Paris against the pension reform. Sébastien SORIANO/Le Figaro
DECRYPTION – Beyond the usual battalions of social mobilizations, small provincial towns are full of demonstrators.
“It’s the last straw.” Crossed in the Parisian procession of January 19, Marc summed up well, in a few words imbued with cold anger, the feeling of many demonstrators opposed to the pension reform. This trade unionist wearing a pink Solidaires chasuble beat the pavement alongside his colleague, Patricia: if the government project passes, both will have to work a few more years. A measure which, added to crushing inflation, ended up convincing them to take to the streets. And they weren’t alone.
During the last two national mobilizations, we also came across first-time demonstrators and other fierce opponents of macronism more used to pounding the pavement, but all shared the same disgust. On January 19 as on January 31, the union leaders assured it: France was in the street. From the private sector to National Education, via road hauliers, metallurgy, the public service, personal services or students…
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