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The parliamentary procedure for pension reform in France will enter the final stage today, Wednesday, in full swing ongoing opposition and union protestswith the rubbish strike in Paris
The parliamentary procedure for pension reform in France will enter the final stage today, Wednesday, in full swing ongoing opposition and union protestswith the rubbish strike in Paris as the visible spokesman for the discontent of the workers.
More than 7 thousand tons of garbage accumulated on the sidewalks of the capitaland although unemployment affects only half of its twenty districts, it has become a real problem in the affected areas, which manifests itself, for example, in rat breeding.
Strike in Paris It will run until next Monday. as announced by the CGT at the end of the vote.
The garbage collectors’ strike also affects several major cities (Nantes, Rennes and Nice) and medium-sized cities (Montpellier, Le Havre, Saint-Brieuc and Vallauris), but it is in Paris that it has become most notorious due to clear political implications.
The protests are due to The French Senate approved on March 8 key point of the draft pension reform, which raising the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 years.
The mayor of the capital, socialist Anne Hidalgo, was repeatedly harassed by the police. criticism from government memberswho reproach him for helping to rot the situation Do not use the services of private companies for garbage collection before the strike of municipal workers responsible for the task in ten of the city’s twenty districts.
“Ann Hidalgo herself goes on strike.. It doesn’t do anything, and there’s nothing you can do in a situation like this,” Transport Minister Clement Bon, who appears as one of the candidates for mayor in the next election, said on Tuesday.
The sidewalks of large squares of the French capital are littered with accumulated debris so as not to interfere with traffic, among opposing voices of citizens who understand the protest, and from others who criticize its impact on everyday life.
“The situation is deplorable,” admitted Emmanuel Grégoire, first deputy mayor of Paris, this afternoon, who accused the government of “to be deaf to the historic trade union front” and the majority of the population, which, according to polls, rejects pension reform.
“We are the victims of the stubbornness of the government,” Gregoire said at a press conference in which he repeatedly pointed out to the executive branch its “failure to find a solution” to the protests, and stressed that, despite the strike, over the past ten days, 23,000 tons of garbage have been collected in the city.
The problem is not limited to garbage collection, but exists locks in access to three waste incinerators metropolitan area of Paris, located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ivry-sur-Seine and Saint-Ouen.
Diverse voices on the right are asking for a government forced to return to workor for health reasons.
last push in parliament
To the garbage service more strikes will be added on Wednesday, like some of the air traffic controllers who are going to force cancel 20% of flights at the Paris airport from Orly.
Also on Tuesday, it was decided to continue Strike at four French LPG terminals is being transported by boat, which will continue to stop until at least the beginning of next week.
All this coincides with the line completion of the parliamentary process to approve the pension reform, which is becoming increasingly difficult for the government.
Today, as well as the eighth day of union demonstrations, joint commission of the National Assembly-Senate sits (formed by seven parliamentarians from each chamber), who must agree on a common text.
Chairman of the National Assembly, macronist Yael Brown-Pivot, refused to broadcast these debates on television, as requested by the left opposition, so that citizens could see the position of each of the members of this commission live.
The text that will come out from there (there are six members of the parties of the Macronist bloc and four members of the conservative party Los Republicanos, LR, which has allied itself with the government in this matter), will then discussed and voted in both chambers on Thursday. In the Senate from 09:00 local time and in the Assembly from 15:00.
These meetings are very stormy and under pressure, as the leaders of the main trade unions have stated that They will demonstrate in front of the National Assembly building.
In addition, despite the fact that the Macronist bloc and the LR have an absolute majority in both chambers (287 in the Assembly), a significant number of their deputies They have not yet guaranteed their positive votewhich jeopardizes the success of the vote.
According to the French media, there are only about 281 deputies who support the reform, but Prime Minister Elisabeth Bourne assured today that “the majority exists”, though just in case she hooked on the waverers by telling them that voting for reform “does not mean support for the government.”
In these uncertain circumstances, the executive branch does not rule out return to controversial Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows him to approve texts without a vote, but could lead to very high political costs for Macron and his movement.
(Information EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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