To avoid breathtaking movement, after the mobilization expected on Thursday, the representatives of the NUPS want to do the work of “counter-pedagogy” in the face of the government’s argument.
By Julie Carriat
Thursday, January 19? “It smells good”, estimated the leader of France Insoumise (LFI), Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Monday January 16 in the evening, during an event of his new think tank, the Institut La Boétie. “We hold a beautiful convergence of the struggles”, added Marine Tondelier, number one of Europe Ecologie-les Verts (EELV), at the same time, in dialogue with Philippe Martinez on the Twitch social network. “We are determined [undermined]”, assured in turn the leader of the communists, Fabien Roussel, when he welcomed his colleagues at the entrance to the unitary meeting of the left organized by his party, at the Japy gymnasium, in Paris, Tuesday.
of LFI, to the PCF, via the Socialist Party (PS) and EELV: all the representatives of the new Ecological and Social People’s People’s Union (Nuts) were enthusiastic, before the first day of inter -union mobilization planned against the project government pension reform. Until François Ruffin, organizer of a first joint meeting a week ago, quickly became one of the first spokespersons for the cause. “This is the moment of pride for the French and pride, to straighten their heads and not to let it go,” launched the “rebellious” during this meeting bringing together a thousand people.
On the left, no one doubts a mass mobilization Thursday behind the Union Union front. On the other hand, the parties want to avoid a rapid shortness of breath. At LFI, where we like the image of the spark which will light the fire, we are looking for means to make the embers last. This is a battle that is played out in opinion. More than six in ten French people are unfavorable to the pension reform, according to several polls, but at the same time, they are also a majority to think that it will be done. It is there that the left intends to play its share by doing the work of “counter-pedagogy” in the face of that of the government, which conveys the idea of a fight lost in advance and a reform dedicated to being made.
“argument thirst”
In the history of social movements, it is not 1995 – a great union victory against the pension reform presented by Alain Juppé – which is summoned, but rather 2005 and the campaign for the “no” to the European Treaty. “There was the same thirst for argument in 2005. However, when people want argument, you have already gained half of the field because it means that they do not believe in what they hear” , estimates Mr. Mélenchon. Socialist side, same bell sound.
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