Between 200,000 and 400,000 (the dance of numbers between the organizers and the police is a ‘classico’ of these days) demonstrators took to the streets on Tuesday in France against the labor code reform, a “very strong” social mobilization, according to the CGT, the first of the five-year term against a president determined to fulfill this campaign promise.
While for the employers’ associations, it will “unlock the fear of hiring,” the unions see it as a “liberal” text in the continuation of the highly criticized labor law.
The CGT has already called for another demonstration on September 21, on the eve of the project’s presentation at the Council of Ministers and two days before that of La France Insoumise.
Christophe Castaner, government spokesperson, noted that “the social debate is not measured only by the street and demonstrations.”
