The majority of the French want to continue the strike.
The results of a new survey showed that the majority of French people are still against the pension reform plan of the government of “Emmanuel Macron”, the president of this country, despite the concessions that this government recently proposed in the parliamentary debates, and they want to continue the nationwide strike and protests against this plan.
According to “Sputnik” news agency, in a survey conducted by the opinion polling company “Alabe” with questions of 1002 French adults, 62% of the French are against the continuation of nationwide strikes if the French Parliament approves the reforms related to raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years. approve it or “Elizabeth Bourne”, the French Prime Minister, support it by bypassing the Parliament through Article 49.3 of the Constitution.
This poll, which was conducted between March 13 and 14 (March 22 and 23) and the results were reflected by BFM TV, showed that 74 percent of the French expect this controversial bill to be finally approved anyway. to be
According to Article 49.3 of the French Constitution, the Prime Minister of this country can approve a draft of a law without obtaining the approval of the Parliament, but the lower house of the French Parliament may also give a vote of no confidence to the government of this country in response to this. According to the results of the survey, 80% of the respondents, including the supporters of Emmanuel Macron, are against the use of this clause.
Maria da Costa, a 61-year-old employee in Paris, said: “The French government clearly does not listen to the anger of the people, but we must continue our protest because these reforms are very unfair and radical. “If we stop, Macron will have the courage to introduce more and more reforms that will only make our lives more difficult.”
A few days ago, on March 11 (March 20), the French Senate approved the pension reform plan proposed by the government with 195 positive votes against 112 negative votes. Today, Thursday, the final vote on these reforms will be held in the French Parliament. If the French National Assembly also supports this plan, the amendments can finally become law.
According to this plan, the retirement age in France will gradually increase from 62 to 64 years. These reforms caused a wave of massive protests in France, and in the last two months alone, the country has witnessed seven rounds of nationwide strikes with the participation of millions of protesters.
During these strikes and protests, clashes often occurred between protesters and French police forces.
