Before "stopping" the France on March 7, the unions are organizing Thursday their fifth day of mobilization against the pension reform to maintain pressure on deputies whose debates in the Assembly could skip the postponement of the legal age by Friday midnight. In the middle of the school holidays, with the exception of Ile-de-France and Occitanie, participation in strikes is expected to decline sharply.

Disruptions are expected to be limited in transport, with 4 out of 5 TGVs in circulation and normal traffic in the Paris metro. Nevertheless, 30% of flights at Paris-Orly will be cancelled. And in energy, the hydroelectric plant of Grand'Maison (Isère), the most powerful in France, was on strike on Wednesday.

After a Saturday that mobilized 963,000 demonstrators according to the authorities, the attendance should be less. Police say they expect between 450,650 and 000,40 people on the streets, including 70 to 000,<> in Paris.



"Healthy aging"

The Parisian parade is planned from Place de la Bastille to Place d'Italie. But, for once, the number one of the eight main unions will demonstrate in Albi, symbol of this France of medium-sized cities very mobilized against the reform. "We want to shine a spotlight on one of the hallmarks of this social movement. There is a France of work that wants to affirm that it exists, that there are not only metropolises, "says Laurent Berger in the magazine of the CFDT. In this city of 50,000 inhabitants, 6,000 people demonstrated on Saturday.

With the constant opposition of about seven out of ten French people to the reform according to polls - and a petition that has crossed the symbolic milestone of one million signatures - the unions intend to "maintain the pressure on the deputies", according to the N.1 of the CGT, Philippe Martinez.

Failing to influence the executive, the inter-union sent a letter to parliamentarians, except those of the RN, to ask them to reject the reform "and more particularly its article 7", which brings the postponement of the legal age of departure from 62 to 64 years.

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