More than 300,000 people took part in public sector worker demonstrations across France on September 29, according to the leading French trade union, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), APA reports citing BFMTV.
According to him, 70,000 people demonstrated in Paris. Meanwhile, the French capital's police prefecture estimated the number of participants in the Paris protest at 30,000, including about 8,000 firefighters. As a TASS correspondent reports, no incidents were recorded during the march.
The CGT also reported approximately 30,000 participants in Marseille, 11,000 in Toulouse, 10,000 each in Lille and Bordeaux, and 8,000 each in Lyon and Orleans.
The protests were held at the call of eight leading French public sector trade unions. They are demanding higher wages, as well as increased staffing and funding for public services. The unions are protesting, in particular, against a new freeze on indexation, which the government is considering as part of the 2027 budget proposal.
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