Strikes in Paris against pension reform

Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT union, speaking in Spanish: You don't see in any democratic country that with so many people on the streets, that a government and its president is not even in the country when there is a general strike. It doesn't happen in many other countries. Laurent Berger, leader of the CFDT union: What we need to do is to set a date in the next few days to show our determination once again. Philippe Martinez, leader of the CGT union, speaking in French: This day is a success because the first figures of demonstrators that I have received show a very massive increase in the number of demonstrators. It's going to be the biggest day since the beginning. And then there are strikes, there are renewable strikes. So it's a very, very big day of mobilisation. I have confidence in the employees in different forms, because we are well aware that the problems of purchasing power mean that those who work, those who are unemployed, young people have difficulty finishing the month and 24 hours without working, without getting any money, is hard. That said, employees have enough imagination to participate in this movement in the forms that correspond to them. And there are also workers who have decided to go on strike. You know, it's good because when you're faced with a government which doesn't listen, which doesn't hear anything, there's no other solution than to raise the tone. Sound from Catherine Sine, taking part into the rally: Speaker2: Oh well, it's important, for pensions, but it's not just pensions, there are salaries. There's the Macronie, there are all these people who govern us and who don't know us, who don't know who we are. And I have a piece of advice, I have an idea, I think we should put them on the minimum wage for a year, so that they can see what people are going through.