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Left-wing politicians hailed Thursday a “historic day” against pension reform and promised that “this is only the beginning” of the mobilization before the days of action on Saturday and January 31. On the evening of “the greatest social mobilization for 20 years”, the leader of the rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon made an appointment “Saturday for the march of January 21” behind the youth organizations. The eight main unions have agreed on a new day of strikes and demonstrations against the pension reform on Tuesday, January 31, they announced Thursday evening.
We will have to ask for the VAR. The outgoing Olivier Faure and his rival Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol each claimed, on the night of Thursday to Friday, to have won the ballot designating the next First Secretary of the Socialist Party. The situation is grotesque: around 1:30 a.m., Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol announced his victory to the press, followed a few minutes later by Olivier Faure on YouTube. Poll supervisors not authorized to enter polling stations, ballot box stuffing: the two camps accused each other of numerous “irregularities” in the votes. A results commission is to meet on Friday. The winner must be officially inducted at a congress in a week in Marseille.
A week after the disappearance of Jeff Beck, another legend is leaving. American rocker David Crosby, co-founder of the Byrds before joining the supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, has died at the age of 81, specialized American media announced on Thursday. The newspaper variety was the first to give the musician’s death, citing a statement from his wife Jan Dance, who spoke of a “long illness”. According to the press release, Crosby died surrounded by his wife and son Django, but the exact date is not known. “Although he is no longer with us, his humanity and good soul will continue to guide and inspire us. His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music.