The union exults, Mélechon congratulates and Lecornu assures: what the demonstrators ask for “is at the center of consultations with unions and parties”. “We are more than a million in the square,” said the organizers by proclaiming the bet on the eve won.
For the government, on the other hand, “over 500,000 demonstrators” were, half of the photography of the unions. And the Prime Minister, with an unexpected and unusual post -procession press release, has ensured that he was concentrated on the issues brought to the square by announcing new consultations with the unions in the next few days.
Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior, proclaimed with satisfaction: “France has not been blocked”. Only a few incidents stained the day of mobilization against “The penalty of the financial”, with Emmanuel Macron and “the rich” in the sights of slogans and banners. In Paris, the procession was peaceful until the conclusion, at Place de la Nation, when the usual guerrilla scenes between the police were triggered – thanks to a massive deployment of men and means – and black bloc that did not obey the order of dispersion.
Before these clashes in the queue at the procession – with the demonstrators already returned home – there had been along the path damage to shop windows, especially banks, as well as broken canopies and some bonfires on the streets. The final balance of Retailleau – which appeared very raised compared to the evident tension of the eve – is 309 stopped throughout France, 10 injured among the protesters, one of the journalists (of France TV) and 26 between policemen and gendarmes, a balance away from the days of violence of the yellow vests or the events against the reform of the pensions of 2023.
Tax on the rich, reform of pensions, inflation and caravan, the dominant themes in the approximately 250 processions that have traveled the streets of large cities and small towns in the country.
Numerous Palestinian flags and invitations for Macron to resign. The unions were at the top of the procession, gathered for the first time after 2023, when they separated on the strategy to follow in the battle against the pension reform. They rejoiced for the success of the day, “over double the people in the square compared to the event 8 days ago”. Participation in the strike has been in transport and in the public sector, but less important than the forecasts. In the end, the union leaders met but they were unable to agree on a new date to return to the square, an initiative that had also been announced.
The general impression is that the outcome of the consultations of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is expected. If, to avoid a failure and consequent early elections, Lecornu will really have had a white paper from Macron – as some analysts say – for important concessions, if you have the proof in the next few days.
Skilled negotiator and chord textor, Lecornu has an open channel with Marine Le Pen and with the socialists, who threaten the distrust every day, but have not closed the door to the negotiations.