The French Energy Union has threatened to cancel several major events within the next month amid ongoing protests against president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. France’s largest energy workers’ union warned that some extra flares could be used at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
As part of ongoing protests against president Macron’s highly unpopular pension reforms, the Federal Federation of Minerals and Energy has announced the cancellation of several major events scheduled in France next month.
The Hollywood Reporter translated the french twitter post from Karim ABED. “In May, do what you please. The Cannes festival, the Monaco GP, Roland-Garros, the Avignon festival could end up in the dark,” the union posted on social media in an announcement titled “100 Days of Anger! 100 Days to Win!”
Several unions have raised the retirement age in France by two years, to 64 by 2030, and raised the period during which workers must pay social insurance contributions from 42 to 43 by 2027, making them fully eligible and pledged to continue to fight pension reform to receive a decent public pension.
The country has staged protests in recent months. In early April, protesters in Paris stormed the headquarters of luxury giant LVMH, and thousands took to the streets to smash pots and pans. Last month, more than 300 French film and television personalities, including Juliette Binoche, Berenice Bejo, Alice Diop and Michel Hazanavicius, signed a petition against reform.
Below is the twitter post from French account Karim AEBD.
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