WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE News Journal Update - (en) France, UCL AL #340 - Defense of pensions, Five months of relentless struggle (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

January 10: Presentation of the reform, which must lower the retirement
age to 64. The government announces that it will activate article 47-1
of the Constitution, which gives Parliament fifty days to decide on a
bill for the amending financing of Social Security. ---- January 19: 1st
day of action at the call of the intersyndicale : surprise success, and
tidal wave : 2.5 million demonstrators. Nearly 45% of strikers at EDF,
80% of train drivers on strike, between 70% and 100% in refineries. ----
January 31: success of the 2nd day of action, with 2.8 million people in
the street. February 6: start of debates in the National Assembly. LFI
chooses to obstruct by filing thousands of amendments, while the PS and
EELV would like to go as far as the vote of article 7, on the 64 years.
February 7-8: 48-hour strike in energy, rail, chemicals, ports and
docks, called by four CGT federations and SUD-Rail. Nearly 2 million in
the street for the 3rd day of action.

March 7: while the inter-union calls for " blocking the country ", an
attempt to launch renewable strikes, at the call of Solidaires and the
CGT Mines-Energy, Chemistry, Ports and docks, Glass-Ceramics,
Construction, Commerce federations . Also appealing in the waste sorting
sector. CGT-SUD-Unsa-CFDT call to SNCF ; call CGT-FO-Unsa-CGC to RATP.
On the other hand, a timid inter-union slogan in the National Education,
where only SUD calls for stopping work on " 7, 8, 9 March and after ".
We reached 3.5 million people in the street for this 6th day of action.

March 8: attempted feminist strike at the call of many associations, and
with the support of Solidaires, FSU, CGT. The numbers of strikers are
low, but, in several localities, joint demonstrations by feminist
associations and unions.

March 10: it appears that, apart from the SNCF, the renewable strikes
have fizzled out.

March 11: the 7th day of action marks a setback, with 1 million on the
street.

March 16: activation of article 49-3. Vast protest at Place de la
Concorde, opposite the National Assembly, 292 police custody. The
government is exposed in its lies on pensions at 1,200 euros.

March 23: strong recovery from the 9th day of action, with 3 million in
the street.

March 25: savage repression of the protest against the Sainte-Soline
mega-basin. Demonstrations everywhere in France against the Kasbarian
law (known as anti-squatters) and against the Darmanin law which attacks
the asylum and residence rights of migrants.

April 14: the Constitutional Council validates the essentials of the
law, immediately promulgated. April 17: beginning of the pans during the
presidential address, each exit of members of the government is harassed
by concerts of pans. April 24: start of the migrant hunting operation
(known as Wuambushu) in Mayotte.

May 1: 2.3 million demonstrators, this is the first time since 2009 that
all the unions are united for this day of struggle. June 6: 900,000
demonstrators for the 14th and final day of action. June 8: the LIOT
parliamentary group withdraws its proposal to repeal the pension reform,
condemned by the activation of article  40 of the Constitution.

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