The CGT, FO, CFDT, UNSA, FSU, Solidaires, CFE-CGC and FA-FP are demanding an increase in the salaries of civil servants and “budgetary resources commensurate” with the missions of public services.
A day of all-out strike. Public officials, including firefighters, demonstrated Tuesday, September 29 throughout France at the call of a broad inter-union movement, with the ambition of putting pressure on the government, two days before the presentation of the draft budget for 2027. In an update on the situation at midday, the Ministry of National Education recorded a participation rate of 11.47% among all staff, and 13.71% among teachers. The first primary school teachers' union expected 40% of school teachers to strike, according to Snuipp-FSU. The first processions of civil servants set off on Tuesday morning, the one from Paris has just left from Place de la République.
40 arrests and 338 establishments concerned. Demonstrations and blockades around high schools led to 40 arrests on Tuesday and left 10 students and staff injured, according to the Ministry of Education, which has identified 338 establishments affected since the start of the day. At midday, 316 establishments remained affected, including 40 blocked and 44 subject to blocking attempts, the ministry said.
Bally Bagayoko denies starting a trash fire and denounces “lies”. The mayor of Saint-Denis went to a high school in his town to “support the mobilization”. Asked about the episodes of tension that occurred in front of certain establishments, the elected official put in context and mentioned flash-ball shootings by the police. He felt that in response, "violence can be legitimate, but whenever it can be avoided it is better." He denied lighting a trash fire in front of a high school in his department, denouncing “lies”.
A very political mobilization. The unions hope to bring together as many civil servants as possible, in order to influence the government's decisions for the next budget, the presentation of which is scheduled for Thursday, but also to "send a message to the presidential candidates" at the dawn of the electoral campaign, conducive to "civil servant-bashing", said Laure Revel (CFDT) on Thursday.
Firefighters at the front. After a summer marked by historic fires during which firefighters were severely tested, they decided to gather in the capital to join the rest of the civil servants. Expected to number between 5,000 and 10,000 by the authorities, they will initially march in their own procession, between Place d'Italie and the Bastille, before joining the rest of the demonstrators, who will leave from Place de la République, then head to Place de la Nation.
In Perpignan, around 2,000 people demonstrated at the call of eight trade union organizations. At the heart of the demands: salaries, purchasing power and defense of public services.
Hundreds of civil servants also marched in Limoges, Guéret and Tulle to denounce the freezing of the index point and demand better salaries. In the streets of Limoges, around 2,500 people were mobilized, according to the unions. There were nearly 450 demonstrators and “hundreds” in Tulle.
In Paris, the procession set off from Place de la République. Public service unions are preparing to demonstrate to demand more resources, two days before the presentation of the 2027 budget to the Council of Ministers.
The Ministry of National Education has recorded “actions” and “disturbances” in 338 establishments “since the start of the day”. In total, “40 blocks” were in progress as well as “44 blocking attempts”. Forty arrests were recorded. Finally, “10 injured”, students and staff members, “were reported”.
The administrative court of Lyon annuls the elections in Vénissieux (Rhône), due to irregularities on the RN-UDR list. The mayor of La France insoumise of Vénissieux, Idir Boumertit, announces that he will contact the Council of State, denouncing an “injustice”.
The boss of the RN denounced "the beginnings of a total war" against his party, after the revelations of Mediapart which attributed anti-Semitic writings to him. Marine Le Pen, who expressed her support for Jordan Bardella, announced that the RN was going to “counterattack”.
Lozère, Gard and Hérault will be placed on orange alert from midnight due to a risk of rain, flooding and storms, Météo-France announced.
In secondary education, a little more than 38% of teachers, CPEs, National Education psychologists, educational assistants and AESH in schools are on strike this Tuesday, reports the SNES-FSU union. “There are more than 40% of strikers in the academies of Lyon and Créteil,” says the union.
In Bouches-du-Rhône, the Marseille police headquarters counted 350 participants in a demonstration organized in Arles and 3,800, including 350 high school students, in Marseille.
French public debt reached 3,595.5 billion euros in the second quarter, or 119% of GDP, according to INSEE, which constitutes a record.
