French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire was criticized after the publication of his new novel, which contains a description of explicit scenes. Left-wing LFI MP Thomas Port wrote on Twitter that the minister should not waste time writing books while the French are struggling with the effects of inflation.
Earlier, France's leading trade unions called for May 1 to be made a day of "unprecedented popular action against pension reform and for social justice" According to the French trade union organization General Confederation of Labour, the number of demonstrators is 2.3 million.