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France Braces for Nationwide Union Protests on October 2 as Government Digs In

The prime minister has rejected wealth‑tax demands, with authorities preparing for smaller crowds alongside limited service disruptions.

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A Albi comme dans toute notre région, des manifestations sont organisées le 2 octobre.

Overview

  • The intersyndicale has called a new day of action for Thursday, with the CGT listing more than 250 rallies across France.
  • The Interior Ministry projects about 300,000 participants nationwide, a lower turnout than on September 18.
  • Paris police plan to deploy roughly 5,000 officers, following an Interior Ministry telegram urging prefects to safeguard marches and counter potential infiltrations and blockages.
  • Transport operators expect largely normal long‑distance services, with only some disruptions on TER, RER, Transilien and Intercités, and localized measures such as Toulouse’s Jean‑Jaurès metro station closing for the afternoon.
  • Union demands include scrapping the pension reform, halting the doubled medical co‑pay and revising the budget for fiscal justice, while Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has ruled out reinstating the ISF and a Zucman tax.