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Elisabeth Borne’s door opens ajar. The unions who are determined to talk about pensions are expected next week – Monday or Tuesday – at Matignon, a meeting with the executive, which has not been seen for weeks before a day of mobilization on April 6. The tension could therefore ease a little as the 10th day of action on Tuesday was less busy and also less chaotic than expected. The Ministry of the Interior has identified 740,000 demonstrators throughout France, including 93,000 in Paris, the CGT “more than 2 million” including 450,000 in the capital. If the date of the meeting with the Prime Minister has not yet been decided, “we will go”, revealed the N.1 of the CFDT Laurent Berger on TMC on Tuesday evening. “Yes, we collectively think that we have to go there to bring our proposals”, “including” the proposal for mediation in the pension conflict, the hypothesis of which had however been swept away by Olivier Véran during the day.
France and Switzerland will have to explain their environmental actions. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is examining this Wednesday two applications related to climate change targeting these two countries, accused of not taking sufficient action against its effects. Swiss pensioners denounce the consequences of global warming on their health, while Paris is being sued by the former mayor of a northern town threatened by rising waters. This is the first time that the ECHR has addressed climate petitions in public hearings, after a proliferation of legal actions at the national level.
Germany will this Wednesday toast diplomatic courtesy to France. King Charles III is expected in Berlin for his first major foreign visit since his accession to the throne. After more than six months of reign, the first foreign tour of the king of England was turned upside down by the demonstrations in France against the reform of the pensions. He was to go to Paris on Monday, before continuing with Germany, but the visit was postponed given the social context. The monarch and queen consort Camilla must stay until Friday across the Rhine.