Philippe Martinez calls on young people to “join the processions” to “weigh” against the government

The secretary general of the CGT, Philippe Martinez, called this Tuesday, March 7 on franceinfo, the youth to “join the processions” in order to “to weigh” in the protest against the pension reform, at the time of a new day of interprofessional mobilization throughout France.

According to Philippe Martinez, it is necessary that young people “amplify the movement” because “it is their future that is at stake”. “History shows us that when young people take to the streets alongside the world of work, for example in 2006 against the CPE, it weighs”, added the trade unionist. Students and high school students must “to express themselves in the forms they decide” to show their dissatisfaction, continued the leader of the CGT.

According to information from franceinfo, territorial intelligence expects the presence of 1.1 to 1.4 million demonstrators throughout France on Tuesday. “It’s the first day of a new phase that we had already anticipated”explains the secretary general of the CGT. “Nobody can say that we had not warned that we would go a step above if there was not another quality of listening on the part of the government and the President of the Republic”, said Philippe Martinez. Emmanuel Macron, by his attitude, “causes” this social movement, he insisted.