President Emmanuel Macron and newly appointed Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, who is still working to form a cabinet, are under pressure to bring the finances under control in the euro zone’s second largest economy.
“First of all, what we want to know is who the government will be ... And then we want to know what the budget will be, and if there are any setbacks in the budget, obviously we won’t let it pass,“ CGT secretary general Sophie Binet told BFM TV.
More protests were expected in Paris and other cities including Dijon, Metz, Poitiers and Montpellier.
The government faced protests and strikes in September, when hundreds of thousands of people including teachers, train drivers, pharmacists and hospital staff protested against France’s proposed 2026 budget, and teenagers blocked dozens of high schools for hours.
Parties broadly agree on the need to slash the deficit, which reached 5.8% of GDP in 2024, but not on how to do it.
His predecessor, Francois Bayrou, was ousted by parliament on September 8 over his plan for a 44-billion-euro ($51.70 billion) budget squeeze. Lecornu has not yet said what he will do with Bayrou’s plans - REUTERS
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