From mid-September, it was high school students, joined by students, who opened the ball of social protest by blocking their establishments and organizing demonstrations throughout France. These demonstrators are calling for the abolition or fundamental overhaul of the Parcoursup platform, the overhaul of school schedules and the repeal of the Blanquer reform in 2018, which eliminated high school courses.
At the same time, the demands expressed mainly converge around purchasing power, the defense of public services and fiscal and social justice. The yellow vests are thus demanding to be able to live with dignity, while the prices of fuel but also of food, energy and housing continue to weigh on budgets.
The executive is faced with powerful but also plural social anger, with demands brought forward by different movements across the country. This deep crisis is reflected in multiple demands expressed in front of high schools and in the streets in recent weeks.
These movements summarize the demands made by these different actors and the responses provided for the moment by the Lecornu government, pending new measures which must be announced in the coming days.
For its part, the inter-union made up of the CFDT, CGT, FO, Unsa and FSU is calling for demonstrations on November 5. It calls for the immediate opening, in all companies and branches, of negotiations to increase salaries and implement equal pay for women and men, the increase in pensions for retirees and the value of the index point for civil servants.
The yellow vests, whose mobilization shook the country in 2018 and 2019, then called for demonstrations on October 17, during a Saturday of anger punctuated by much violence. The executive, however, did not specifically address this movement.