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Added on the 07/02/2023 11:16:48 - Copyright : France 24 EN
"If the government were to use the 49.3" article to push through its pension reform, "there would be no more rules for anyone," warns Olivier Mateu, secretary general of the Bouches-du-Rhône CGT departmental union, at a press conference in Martigues. IMAGES
The CFDT union joins the other unions for a third day of mobilisation against French pension reform. With the CFTC and Unsa, it is taking to the streets not against the principle of merging the 42 existing pension schemes into a universal system - the objective of president Emmanuel Macron's government - but to improve the content of the project. IMAGES
Protesters, including several "yellow vests", gather in Marseille for a rally against France's pensions reforms on the 13th day of a nationwide strike that has crippled the public transport system and closed schools throughout the country. IMAGES
French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe arrives at the press conference where he is due to unveil the details of a pension reform plan workers fear will leave them poorer. Unions have vowed to resist until the plan is withdrawn. IMAGES
Police use tear gas to disperse rioters during a demonstration against pension reform in Paris. The clashes broke out near Place de la Republique in the city centre. Although the Paris march began peacefully, black-clad protesters later set fire to a storage trailer and broke storefront windows, prompting police to fire tear gas to try to halt the vandalism. (COMPLETES VID1MU0NL_EN) IMAGES
Demonstrators in Paris gather at Les Invalides and start marching towards the Place d'Italie for the 14th day of action against pension reform. IMAGES