Throughout France, processions marched to try to push back Elisabeth Borne's government on the pension reform on 31 January. In several large cities, such as Montpellier, Nantes, Rennes or Marseille, participation was higher than that of the first mobilization, according to figures from the prefectures. In Paris, the CGT reported 500,000 demonstrators (against 400,000 on the 19th). They were 87,000 in the capital according to the Ministry of the Interior (against 80,000 on the 19th). Back, in pictures, on the second day of mobilization against the pension reform.


Director: Olivier JUSZCZAK

  • Protests against the pension reform on Tuesday drew as many or more people than those on January 19, according to government figures.

  • In Marseille, some 40,000 people marched, against 26,000, on January 19, according to figures from the prefecture. The CGT claiming 200,000 demonstrators.

  • "This is one of the biggest demonstrations organized in our country for decades," said Laurent Berger, the number one of the CFDT, noting, shortly before the departure of the Parisian procession around 14 p.m., that there were "more people" in the street than on the 19th.

  • Everywhere in France, the processions displayed the same refusal of Emmanuel Macron's flagship reform carried by his Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, and his postponement of the legal age of departure to 64 years.

  • According to figures provided by the prefectures, they were 14,000 in Rouen (against 13,000 on the 19th).

  • Or 28,000 in Nantes (against 25,000).

  • Once again, small and medium-sized cities were not lacking in the mobilization such as Alès (7,000) or Angoulême (8,500).

  • Some prefectures, however, recorded a lower number of demonstrators as in Clermont-Ferrand (17,000) or Orleans (8,500 against 12,000) compared to the 19th.

  • They were also nearly 25,000 in Montpellier, 10,000 more than at the first demonstration. A revival also perceptible in smaller cities, such as Sète (4,500), Calais (5,000) or Guéret (4,300).

  • The gauge rises almost everywhere, in large cities as well as in small ones.

  • The number of demonstrators remains stable in Bordeaux (16,500), Rouen (14,000), Strasbourg (10,500) and Nice (7,000), with a few hundred each time.

  • At least 23,000 in Rennes, 10,000 in Châteauroux, 7,500 in Béziers.

  • The demonstration against the pension reform on Tuesday in Paris gathered 500,000 people according to the CGT, while the authorities announced the figure of 87,000 demonstrators.

  • During the previous day of mobilization, on January 19, the union had counted 400,000 participants in the capital, against 80,000 according to the Ministry of the Interior.

  • Some clashes broke out between the police and several dozen ultras boulevard du Montparnasse in Paris, halfway through the demonstration.

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