A mass demonstration began in Paris against raising the retirement age. It has been reported DEA News.
It was stated that the protest action started from the Opera Square at 14:30 (16:30 Moscow time). Tens of thousands of people take part, including representatives of various sectors, the university community, doctors, leftist and youth organizations, and supporters of the “yellow vests” movement.
It was also reported that the demonstrators carried banners of the leading French unions, chanting “Retirement is 60 years old!”, “Hands off our Macron pensions”, “No reform without universal approval”.
7 February French opposition defective to abolish the pension reform. According to TASS, the corresponding “Independent France” proposal of the left party did not find sufficient support in the National Assembly.
Earlier, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Born, the French government’s stoped compromise option – retirement age 64 instead of 62 for the French.
The first nationwide strike against pension reform took place across France on January 19. According to the country’s Ministry of Interior, more than a million people attended. On January 31st, 2.8 million people took part in the second nationwide strike, according to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) union.