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Impact shared an excerpt from France Info in which Mohamed, 18, explained that he obtained a general baccalaureate in mathematics and physics-chemistry and made 80 applications to IFSI, without receiving any admissions. He mentioned that he found himself without a school or job and had protested despite his peaceful temperament. Mohamed believed that the media primarily highlighted the damage and looting, to the detriment of the demands regarding purchasing power. He referenced the Yellow Vests, whose demonstrations had, in his opinion, achieved results, and expressed his desire to continue the mobilizations, without violence, until the demands were heard. He added that the rise in fuel prices now forced him to monitor every expense related to his travel and outings. #Manifestation #BAC #PouvoirDAchat (translated)

"In 8 minutes and 30 seconds, he could have called for calm AND provided answers to the youth, employees, and retirees against the high cost of living. But nothing." The National Secretary of the French Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, lamented the lack of measures against the high cost of living. #Macron2027 #PolitiqueFrançaise #ViolencesUrbaines (translated)

Fabien Roussel believed that in 8 minutes and 30 seconds, the person he was referring to could have called for calm and addressed the young people, employees, and retirees about the high cost of living, but did not do so. He added that the mobilization would continue with calm and determination, without waiting for the presidential election. #Calme #Détermination #VieChère (translated)

Nathalie Arthaud stated that more than 500,000 people had protested in the country, compared to 260,000 on October 6. She criticized Lecornu for only talking about rioters and thieves, while the media, according to her, focused on the destruction. She wrote that this coverage would not silence the young people, workers, and retirees facing difficulties in living and revolted by injustice, inequalities, racism, and police violence. According to her, the government had been trying since the beginning of the student mobilization to hide a social anger that it did not want to address, but which was overflowing. Arthaud called for organizing mobilization in companies, where workers are gathered and produce wealth, and to meet there the following day to formulate demands. #Manifestation #ColèreSociale #Injustice (translated)

Antoine Léaument wrote that the places he visited that day were festive and the atmosphere was good. He described the mobilization as the largest since the pension reform and attributed the scenes of disorder seen on television, first, to a lack of preparation by the government. https://t.co/QIdK8ZC3va #mobilisation #réforme #festif (translated)

Popular Victory 2027 condemned the repression of the Yellow Vests, the use of Article 49.3 for pension reform, the dissolution and rejection of the election results, as well as the injuries and police violence against high school and university students. The author stated that peaceful means, both through demonstration and voting, had been ignored by Emmanuel Macron and called for him to resign before the people oust him. #GiletsJaunes #MacronDémission #RéformeDesRetraites (translated)

Ilan Gabet had called for a protest on October 17 against capitalism, the high cost of living, precariousness, inequalities, austerity, fascism, racism, police violence, and the degradation of public services. He had also advocated for demands regarding wages, pensions, education, hospitals, the future, and dignity, in favor of a more just, equal, and solidarity-based society. #ColèrePopulaire #JusticeSociale #Manifestation (translated)

Guillaume Kasbarian challenged the idea that retirees acquired their rights through their contributions, arguing that these had financed their parents' pensions and that current contributions financed theirs. He noted that a worker contributed 15% in the 1970s, compared to 28% today. He also wrote that the deputies refused an indexation that was reassessed every year, while the debt, in his opinion, was exploding, and compared the pension system to a Ponzi scheme. #Retraites #Pensions #Économie (translated)

The author stated that Volodymyr Zelensky had requested an additional 70 billion from the countries of the European Union for 2027. According to him, France should contribute 13 billion euros, an amount he described as ruinous. He also wrote that, at the same time, measures aimed at reducing reimbursements for medications and un-indexing pensions over 1,260 euros were being considered in France. #Ukraine #UnionEuropéenne #Finances #FR (translated)

Guillaume Kasbarian wrote that the deputies had refused the day before to change the tax allowance for retirees and had opposed that day the de-indexing of pensions and social benefits. He indicated that he had proposed to end their automatic increase while the deficit, in his opinion, was exploding, but the deputies had rejected his proposal. He estimated that the workers, who paid contributions and taxes, as well as their children, to whom the debt would be left, would bear the cost. He deemed this position irresponsible and stated that the country was heading towards a deadlock. #Retraites #Députés #Politique (translated)

The author announced more than 1,000 places of mobilization on October 17. He indicated that young people, farmers with their tractors, taxi drivers, truck drivers, construction professionals, employees, retirees, and small business owners would take part, and described this convergence of struggles as powerful. (translated)

High school students, retirees, farmers, and nurses, fueled by general anger, plan to massively demonstrate on Saturday, October 17, while the Ministry of the Interior is concerned about the scale of the protests and authorizes increased use of force by law enforcement. #Manifestation17Octobre #Mobilisation #Lycéens (translated)

The show Les Experts discussed the rejection of a bill on tax deductions for pensions, the allocation of savings to national education, the challenges facing the government, and the pressure on French debt, with the participation of experts in the field. #Retraites #Économie #Fiscalité (translated)

On October 17, the yellow vests plan to mobilize high school students, farmers, firefighters, and retirees to denounce the rise in the cost of living, organizing nearly a thousand actions across France while structuring the movement through social media. #GiletsJaunes #Mobilisation #VieChère (translated)

The author estimated that pensions amounted to 400 billion euros, or 14% of GDP, in a country with 25% of retirees, and deemed this level "not absolutely outrageous." She added that no one was considering abolishing pension payments and that she was among the few people proposing to boost birth rates. https://t.co/qOmqHWTkXi #Retraites #Pauvreté #Natalité #FR (translated)

A leader who says it will be violent incites violence. Mobilization of October 17: "A leader who says it will be violent incites violence," points out Ségolène Royal. In relation to the seriousness of the situation, we need something else for the youth. Raphaël Glucksmann proposes a salary of 1,000 euros for interns: "In relation to the seriousness of the situation, we need something else for the youth," considers Ségolène Royal. I believe that young people want to change the system, and that's why there is a radicalization of political life. "I believe that young people want to change the system, and that's why there is a radicalization of political life," judges Ségolène Royal. All the guilt-inducing speeches about retirees have become unbearable. Pensions: "All the guilt-inducing speeches about retirees have become unbearable," assures Ségolène Royal. We cannot leave them this generational debt. High school mobilization: "We cannot leave them this generational debt," assures Ségolène Royal. #Mobilisation17Octobre #SégolèneRoyal #ColèreSociale (translated)

The Victoire Populaire 2027 account presented what it described as the "spending" component of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's program for 2027. It indicated that this program foresaw a minimum wage of 1,700 euros net per month, a 10% increase in the civil servants' index point after its thaw, as well as a 10% increase in pensions, family allowances, and other aid. According to the account, the program would also guarantee young people an income equivalent to the poverty line, set at 1,331 euros per month, and would allocate 22.2 billion euros to public services. Lastly, it planned to repeal the pension and unemployment reforms. #Mélenchon2027 #PolitiqueFrançaise #JusticeSociale (translated)