Overview

• Authorities forecast roughly 300,000 to 350,000 participants across about 250 marches, including 20,000 to 40,000 in Paris, with 76,000 police and gendarmes mobilized nationwide.
• Transport disruptions remain limited with TGVs and most of the RATP operating normally, the DGAC expecting only minor airport delays, and Paris deploying about 5,000 police along the main route from Place d’Italie to Place Vauban.
• Union demands target the rollback of the pension age to 64, scrapping the planned doubling of medical co‑payments, halting 3,000 civil‑service cuts, and opposing unemployment insurance changes after a disappointing Sept. 24 meeting with the prime minister.
• Lecornu’s latest outreach highlights improved pensions for women and discussions on arduous work, while he rules out an ISF revival and the Zucman tax and examines options such as lighter charges on overtime, a tax break for dual‑SMIC couples, a revived value‑sharing bonus, and incentives for intergenerational transfers.
• Participation indicators point to a smaller strike: about 10% in primary education per FSU‑Snuipp, 27% in secondary per Snes‑FSU, mid‑day public‑service strike rates below mid‑September levels, yet strong pockets like Le Havre where more than 3,000 dockers joined with full participation and student actions hit multiple universities.