Massive demonstrations in French cities protesting the controversial Macron+Film plan

According to the report of Fars International News Agency, thousands of French citizens took to the streets on Saturday in Paris, the capital of France, and other cities of the country to protest against the plan to reform the pensions of French President Emmanuel Macron.

According to “Anatolia” news agency, this is the seventh demonstration against Macron’s controversial plan, which has aroused public anger. Workers at oil refineries, rail transport, airports and garbage collection went on strike on Saturday. These demonstrations first started in the cities of “Nice” and “Toulouse”, and then thousands of people demonstrated in Paris in the afternoon.

According to the reports of local networks, the French Intelligence Organization has predicted that between 800,000 and one million protesters will appear in the streets. Paris alone is expected to host 100,000 protesters. Trade unions have previously asked Emmanuel Macron to reconsider the law, but Macron has rejected their request.

“Philip Martinez”, the general secretary of the “CGT” trade union, asked the president on Saturday to ask the public’s opinion about the reforms of the labor law.

Emmanuel Macron put the plan at the center of his re-election campaign last year, and his cabinet has said the changes are necessary to avoid pension deficits in the coming years, but polls show they are facing strong public resistance, with two of All three are supporting protests against it across France (more details).

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