They were the great absent of the mobilizations against the reform of pensions that mobilized more than a million people on Thursday. National Rally deputies (RN) had decided to follow the instructions of their president, Jordan Bardella, for whom the role of the RN, ” is to lead the parliamentary opposition to Emmanuel Macron ». But on Friday morning in France 2, Sébastien Chenu, North Member and Vice President of the RN, said that his party could ” may be “ Add to the next mobilizations, including those scheduled for this Saturday and January 31.
“I’m not afraid of anything, I’ve already proven it”@sebchenu “does not exclude” that RN is present at the mobilization of January 31 against the #Reformapensista. #Les4v pic.twitter.com/YoNNSfJ7cg
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The RN declared a person non grata by the unions
” I don’t rule it “, he said personally when he asked for a possible participation of the RN in the rallies of January 31, after his absence on Thursday in the first day of mobilization.” What I want is for the government to back off “, he added. The vice president of the National Assembly since June said that RN MPs are” in the countryside »And distribute« brochures in the markets Against the reform.
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The Secretary General of the CGT Philippe Martinez had indicated that he did not want the presence of Members or other representatives of the RN during the day on Thursday. Marine Le Pen had secured on his part ” to understand »The French manifesting themselves against the reform of pensions, without explicitly calling to join the union mobilizations.
Source : Le JDD
