"The country must continue to move forward," said the head of state. Two protesters were arrested on his arrival at the University of Amsterdam.
Both supporters and opponents of the text expect at least some measures to be censored by the Constitutional Council. If the government "passes in force and does not suspend the reform during the time of the referendum, then it would be a declaration of war for many people," warned the national secretary of EELV Marine Tondelier. "It is clear that the CFDT will not hold demonstrations for six months," replied the general secretary of the National Assembly.