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2 million people according to the CGT in the France

And now Three days after May 1 parades, totally unit for the first time, the trade unions (CGT, CFDT, FO, CGC, CFTC, FSU, solidarity and Unsa) occur late in the afternoon, at the headquarters of the CFTC in Paris, to decide the result. Their situation is complex. Friday, motorcades brought 465.000 (according to the police) to 1.2 million people (according to the CGT) in the France. The Paris demonstration, led by the eight trade union leaders, gathered from 65,000 to 160,000 people, where many employees of the private sector as well as officials, students, families...

It is certainly a mobilization "exceptional" for a May 1 (three times higher than in 2003, in full conflict on pensions), as is are congratulated plants. But it is also a total "considerably less than days on 29 January and 19 March" (more than 1 million people according to police), as noted by the Minister of labour, Brice Hortefeux. "It is perhaps wear of national days of action repeatedly," also pointed, Saturday on Europe 1, Raymond Soubie, social Advisor to the Elysee Palace.

The Executive is in fact reinforced in its desire not to give here in the summer. The Government knows that the social malaise remain strong but a crisis led to last, he wants to reserve margins of manoeuvre for re-entry, on which he already plans. In the meantime, he continues to build on the deployment of measures already announced to contain tensions. Today, Nicolas Sarkozy will proceed to the installation of nine Commissioners to the re-industrialization. After protests, the Elysee simply promising a meeting with the social partners "of by the end of June" to assess the impact of these measures. "If the crisis continues or intensifies, adapt", also repeated Brice Hortefeux, in "Le Figaro" of Saturday. The strategy is clear and unchanged: to remain firm on the merits while saying listening and reactive. So, the Government hopes also maintain dialogue with the unions, valuable to the radicalisation of the movement.

Keep the unit

"The Government was wrong to trivialize the mobilization and is mistaken if he thinks can play wear." "We expect other more concrete answers," replied the CGT. All the unions want to pursue the movement but differences have emerged on the modalities of action. "Up a notch", FO and advocated a strike of at least twenty-four hours but this option was rejected by the other unions, CFDT and CGT head. However, all remain determined to maintain their unity. Friday, François Chérèque (CFDT) said "certain" of a rapid agreement and assured that "things continue."

This weekend, the trend was the Organization of two new days of action before the summer. The first has a day of week, before the end of may, and could give rise to calls to strike, in particular Education. Follow then a new day of national demonstrations, on the model of the 19 March, but this time a Saturday, a priori the weekend of June 13 or the next. The calendar, with the bridges of may, the European and the approach of the summer elections, not really leaves other possibilities for unions and plays into the Executive. But by continuing to fight iron side by side, plants prepare them also back.