While French President Emmanuel Macron receives at the Elysee Palace tomorrow (Monday) Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne and officials of the parliamentary majority supporting him, including party leaders, ministers and parliamentarians, the government and unions in France warned of the danger of chaos in the country, in light of the tension that occurred against the background of the demonstrations against the reform of the regime. the retirement.
Despite Macron's declaration of his willingness to negotiate with the unions on all issues except pension reform, the authority holds its opponents responsible for the tension.
Government spokesman Olivier Ferrand said, "The protesters are angry and we have to hear them, but they have nothing to do with the hooligans who come to spread chaos in the country." France is in chaos.
Amidst the charged atmosphere, and two months after the start of mobilization against the pension reform that was approved without a vote in Parliament, France is awaiting its tenth day of mobilization in light of the continued protests against pension reform in several cities, as hundreds of people demonstrated before the tenth day of large mobilization (Tuesday). .
On the previous mobilization day, about a million demonstrators participated, but the police said that they were 3.5 million people, according to the unions, in several demonstrations that were marred by many incidents, most notably an attack on a police station in Lorient (west), the burning of the balcony of the municipal headquarters in Bordeaux (southwest), and clashes and fires in Paris.
Accusations of violence affected the security forces to the extent that the Council of Europe expressed concern about the “excessive use of force” against the protesters, and the demonstrations did not focus on reforming the pension system, but rather the efforts of environmental organizations against the construction of huge water tanks in Saint-Sollen (center-west) turned into a nightmare (Saturday). Violent clashes broke out between a group of demonstrators and the police, resulting in the injury of at least three seriously injured, including one person between life and death.
In another context, a video clip of French President Emmanuel Macron sparked widespread controversy on social media, as activists accused him of deliberately concealing a luxury watch he was wearing during an interview on a TV channel, despite the stifling economic crisis, which forced the Elysee Palace to comment.
Macron appeared during an interview on the French "LCI" channel to talk about the controversial retirement law, while he was taking off his watch from his hand during the press interview, then passing it under the table to appear afterwards without it.
Activists linked the last shot of the French president to the controversial retirement law enacted by his government with an exceptional decision that bypassed parliament, while they mentioned that the watch was from the luxury “Rolex” brand, whose price exceeds 80 thousand euros.
And the French parliamentarian, Clemens Gotti, wrote on her Twitter account: “While talking about the French who earn the minimum wage and do not have the purchasing power, Macron removes his beautiful luxury watch from under the table. Defending Macron: “He hides a watch worth 80,000 euros, which looks like fake news.” during filming.”
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