Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by NPA / NPA l’Anticapitaliste
The strike and demonstration figures are historic, with 1.2 million demonstrators according to the police, more than two million according to the joint union committee, very high strike rates (more than 70% in education), massive mobilisations in the cities. 50,000 in Bordeaux and Toulouse, (…)
, by CREMIEUX Léon
The question of pensions will become a major social and political issue in France. The working classes are already heavily affected by the consequences of the Covid years and the crisis in the health system. A reform of unemployment benefits will come into force at the beginning of February and (…)
, by STETLER Harrison
France’s liberal president, Emmanuel Macron, spent his first term attacking key planks of the French welfare model. Now, he’s launching another war on pensions.
t’s the time for opening moves, shows of strength, and warning shots as France prepares for another winter of debate (and social (…)
, by SALVI Ellen
On Saturday February 29th, during an emergency meeting of ministers called to discuss the Coronavirus crisis, the French government took the decision to force its bitterly-opposed pension reforms through Parliament without a vote. In adopting the “nuclear option” of invoking Article 49-3 of the (…)
, by KOUVELAKIS Stathis
France was paralyzed by strikes on Friday, as workers from train drivers to teachers revolted against Emmanuel Macron’s attack on pensions. While the liberal president fancies himself as a French “Thatcher,” his bid to tear up France’s welfare state now faces its most powerful opposition yet. (…)
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