Paris (EFE).- France lives this Wednesday its eighth day of union mobilizations against a pension reform that can be definitively approved tomorrow, Thursday, if the Government of Emmanuel Macron confirms the decisive support of the conservative Republicans (LR).
The reform, which raises the minimum retirement age in France from 62 to 64, has generated a huge wave of opposition in the country, which has organized numerous days of demonstrations and union strikes during this first quarter of the year.
While the Macron Executive maintains its plan, considering it necessary to improve the deficit generated by the pension system, the protest movement has hardened since the beginning of March, when indefinite strikes were called, such as the one for garbage collection in several cities. French, including Paris
In this tense environment, a cancellation of 20% of the flights is expected this Wednesday at the Parisian airport of Orly and a strong disturbance in the circulation of high-speed trains (3 out of 5 will operate), the regional TER (2 out of 5 ) and Intercities (1 in 3).
In greater Paris, a notable disruption of commuter trains is expected and, to a lesser extent, in the capital’s metro.
The end of the parliamentary process
These protests take place in the middle of the final stretch of the parliamentary process of the reform.
This same Wednesday the National Assembly-Senate joint commission (formed by seven parliamentarians from each chamber) meets to agree on a common text.
The president of the National Assembly, the Macronist Yaël Braun-Pivot, rejected on Tuesday that this debate be broadcast on television, as the leftist opposition had requested so that citizens could see the position of each of the members of the party live. that commission.
The text that comes out of there (there are six members of the Macronista bloc parties and four of the conservative LR, which has allied itself with the Government in this matter) will then be submitted for debate and vote in both chambers tomorrow, Thursday.
In the Senate from 9:00 a.m. local time and in the Assembly from 3:00 p.m., when the bill could be definitively approved.