More than 300,000 people take part in public sector protests in France

More than 300,000 people attended public sector demonstrations across France on September 29. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, BFMTV, citing the leading French trade union center General Confederation of Labor (CGT), indicated that 70,000 people participated in the demonstrations in Paris. At the same time, the prefecture of the police of the French capital estimated the number of participants in the Paris action at 30,000, among them about 8,000 firefighters. No incidents were recorded during the procession.

The CGT also reported about 30,000 participants in Marseille, 11,000 in Toulouse, 10,000 in Lille and Bordeaux, and 8,000 in Lyon and Orleans.

The action was organized at the call of eight leading unions of the French public sector. Their participants demand higher wages, more staff and funding for public services. Trade unions, in particular, oppose a new indexation freeze, which the authorities are considering as part of the draft budget for 2027. Protests by high school students hit more than 200 schools in France