“Less pots, more wokes.” Demonstrations took place on Friday March 8 in large French cities such as Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille, and in smaller ones, such as Orléans (Loiret), Quimper (Finistère) or Belfort. In Paris, around 100,000 demonstrators marched, according to the general secretary of the CGT. The police headquarters estimated participation at 28,000 people. The demonstrators denounce in particular the salary inequalities, which exist “in all companies and in all administrations”, underlines Myriam Lebkiri, of the CGT. This live is now over.
Tensions between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators. Activists from the “We Will Live” association, created after the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7 to denounce the sexual violence committed by the commandos of the Islamist organization, exchanged invectives with Pro-Palestine demonstrators, during walking in Paris. The police intervened to allow the departure of the procession of “We will live” activists. According to the police headquarters, “300 pro-Palestinian activists opposed 200 members of the SPCJ security service (Jewish community protection service), without causing injuries.”.
Emmanuel Macron wants to include “guaranteed freedom of recourse to abortion” in the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union. “The seal of our Republic seals a long fight for freedom.” In his speech during the sealing ceremony, organized Friday in Paris, Emmanuel Macron made hshame to the 343 women on the front page of New Observerwho published a manifesto for abortion on April 5, 1971. “For too many years, the destiny of women was sealed by others”added the President of the Republic. He then stated that he wanted to register “there guaranteed freedom to resort to abortion” in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
Eric Dupond-Moretti sealed the inclusion of abortion in the Constitution. The Minister of Justice affixed the seal of the Republic to the law enshrining voluntary termination of pregnancy in the Constitution on Friday during the sealing ceremony.
The CFDT, for the first time, is calling for a strike and demonstration for March 8. “We see that there are still just as many difficulties for women to access positions of responsibility”declared in “4 Vérités”, on France 2, Marylise Léon, general secretary of the union. “When we look at the figures, it will take us more than a century to achieve gender equality”she insisted, calling for demonstrations on the occasion of March 8.