Garbage crisis grows in France: Instruction of the Minister of the Interior
According to French press reports, Darmanin has instructed the police chief to implement the minimum staff and forced labor procedure for the municipality to remove thousands of tons of rubbish generated in the capital, Paris.
Darmanin, who had to resort to this measure due to the risk and reactions to public health, also sent a notification to Rachida Dati, mayor of the 7th district of Paris, one of the districts with the highest amount of garbage, and warned that the El Ministry would intervene if no intervention was made.
In response to the pension reform, the French press reported that more than 7,000 tons of garbage had accumulated in Paris due to the 9-day strike by cleaning workers.
The Municipality of Paris announced that it would support strike action by cleaning workers to protest the government’s pension reform, despite “heaps of rubbish”.
The mayoress of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, for her part, announced yesterday that the council meetings had been postponed due to the participation of municipal employees, who decided to support their strike, in the demonstrations.
After the strike in Paris, the piles of garbage began to increase.
The government, for its part, reacted to the decision by claiming that the piles of garbage in the city became a threat to public health.
The cleaning workers announced that they decided to continue their strike until Monday, March 20, despite “heaps of rubbish” in the capital.
THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN IN THE DISCUSSION Draft
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne announced on January 10 that the pension reform, which was among President Emmanuel Macron’s election promises, would be implemented.
Noting that in the country where the retirement age is 62, the statutory retirement age will gradually increase by 3 months each year and will increase to 64 in 2030, starting on September 1, Borne said that in 2027, a 43 year premium payment requirement will be entered to receive the full pension.
There have been multiple strikes and protests across the country since January 19 against the controversial reform.
The Senate, which approved the most controversial article of the reform on March 9, “which plans to gradually increase the retirement age from 62 to 64 years,” accepted the other articles of the reform on March 12.
The reform project, which will be discussed today in the Mixed Commission, will be put to a vote again in the Senate and then sent to the National Assembly for its final vote. (AA)