Striking energy workers in France restricted electricity production

According to the news from Le Parisien, employees of the EDF company, the country’s main energy provider, decided to strike at the Isere, Seine-Maritime, Drome, English Channel and Gravelines nuclear power plants, as well as at the Martigues thermal power plant. . Plant.

Employees have reduced electricity production at these power plants by more than 3,000 megawatts since last night. This reduced amount corresponds to the electricity production of 3 nuclear reactors.

MASSIVE SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

On the other hand, many unions and their affiliated employees, especially the General Union of Workers (CGT), launched massive protests across the country, which are expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands.

Demonstrations will take place in more than 100 locations, including the capital city of Paris and the cities of Lille, Rennes, Marseille, Beziers, Montpellier, Saintes and Perpignan.

Major transport disruptions are expected due to the strike by rail workers and the energy sector.

The unions aim for the participation of 500,000 people in the demonstrations in the capital, Paris.

Controversial PENSION REFORM

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on January 10 that the pension reform, which was among President Emmanuel Macron’s election promises, would be implemented.

He expressed that in the country where the retirement age is 62, the legal retirement age will gradually increase by 3 months each year and will increase to 64 in 2030, starting on September 1, and said that in 2027, it will be necessary to pay a premium for 43 years to receive the full pension.

Since January 19, millions of people across the country have carried out strikes and protests against the controversial reform many times. (AA)