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Thousands protest austerity plan in France
Tuesday May 01, 2012 11:17:43 PM,
IANS
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Paris: Thousands of
people marched through the main cities of France Tuesday to
express their opposition to the government's austerity plan.
Trade unions, left political activists and others participated,
Xinhua reported.
In Paris, tens of thousands of protesters marched while Sarkozy
held his last election rally before the decisive May 6 run-off.
In the southern city of Marseille, 20,000 people responded to the
unions' call while 12,000 others marched in Bordeaux, according to
the unions.
"It's a massive protest to take care of our problems, speak about
unemployment, purchasing power. Give us answers to our problems,"
Francois Chereque, head of CFDT labour union, told the BFMTV news
channel.
The French government has introduced a series of austerity
measures, including pension reform, higher taxes and plugging tax
loopholes, to save 12 billion euros ($15.8 billion).
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