Celine Geraud
This Thursday starts the first demonstration against the new pension reform. Organized by the inter-union, between 550,000 and 750,000 people are expected in the streets throughout France. They will be accompanied by the unions but also by…music! A short tour of the musical classics of the events.
D-Day. The demonstration against the pension reform, organized by the inter-union, is scheduled for Thursday at 2 p.m. Between 550,000 and 750,000 people are expected in the streets to pound the pavement. As usual, the march will be accompanied by its procession of floats and music. What does the essential playlist of French-style events look like?
“Bella Ciao” and “Motivated” in the top 3
In the top three of the hits broadcast tirelessly by the union vans and their overpowered sound system, the Italian song of revolt “Bella Ciao” is in a good position. Also included is the classic “Motivés – le chant des partisans” by the Toulouse collective Motivés and the hit by the group HK & Les Saltimbanks “On quitter rien,” launched in October 2010 during the first demonstrations against the pension reform.
Twelve years later, few novelties in the processions, if not the very popular “I Will Survive” by Gloria Gaynor, revisited by the Rosies, feminist activists who sing and dance in overalls.