... general strike against against planned austerity measures in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece, May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Alkis ...

Thousands of Greek workers went on strike on Wednesday to protest against years of belt-tightening and a new wave austerity measures that will kick in after the country's third international bailout expires this summer.#austeritymeasures #strikingworkers #bailout #pensioncuts #YannisVlachos
Greek workers strike against belt-tightening, bailout reforms

Two-thirds of French people want to block the economy with a general strike in order to stop the pension reform. This would also act to block the ...

Workers and young people marching across France against Emmanuel Macron’s illegitimate pension reform must form rank-and-file committees independent of the pro-capitalist trade unions.
No to pension reform and war, bring down Macron!

Millions went on strike and joined national one-day strike protests called by the ... the PES called to bring down Macron with a general strike.

Mélenchon's Unsubmissive France party is complicit in the union bureaucracies' attempt to demobilize the struggle against Macron's pension cuts and against the escalating NATO war against Russia in Ukraine.
Mélenchon pushes fight against French pension cuts into parliamentary dead end

... calling nationwide strike protests against Macron's cuts in January. ... of the French people support a general strike to halt the economy.

Millions of workers took to the streets in France on May Day to reject the illegitimate pension law formally adopted by President Emmanuel Macron and to express their opposition to his government.
May Day rallies in France demand rescinding of Macron’s pension cuts

... the greatest political crisis in France since the May 1968 general strike. ... who want a mass strike to block the economy and defeat Macron, ...

As the struggle against Macron continues, workers clearly face not a trade union struggle to change his mind, but a political struggle against the capitalist state, to bring down Macron.
After the passage of Macron's pension cuts: What way forward for workers in France?

Riots erupt across #France as Constitutional Council validates Macron’s #pensioncuts

The Constitutional Council approved a law opposed by an overwhelming majority of the French people and which #Macron rammed through without even a vote in parliament.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/04/15/mwio-a15.html

Building rank-and-file committees, independent of the union bureaucracies, will allow workers to wage a political campaign for a general strike to ...

Building rank-and-file committees, independent of the union bureaucracies, will allow workers to wage a political campaign for a general strike to bring down Macron.
What way forward in the struggle to bring down Macron?

On March 26, just before the last national protest strike, French Democratic ... Other unions including the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), ...

Workers must mobilize in strikes and protests—independently of the union bureaucracies, who are seeking “mediation” with the government to impose its pension cuts—and bring down Macron.
No to French unions’ “mediation” with the state! Mobilize workers to bring down Macron!

Three-quarters of the French people oppose Macron's cuts, and two-thirds want a general strike to block the economy and prevent their adoption.

The motion of censure against the government for imposing Macron’s despised cuts without a vote fell 9 votes short of a majority in the Assembly, allowing them to become law.
Protests sweep France as National Assembly accepts Macron’s pension cuts without a vote