The general secretary of the CGT called this Thursday for “civil disobedience” in the face of the immigration law adopted Tuesday in the National Assembly. According to the trade unionist, the text calls into question “all our republican principles”. In addition to this call, the CGT announces that it wants to organize “major initiatives” in the coming weeks.
CGT number one Sophie Binet called on Thursday for “civil disobedience” in the face of the immigration law adopted Tuesday in the National Assembly, which calls into question, according to her, “all our republican principles”. “The CGT calls for civil disobedience and the multiplication of resistance actions against this law” which “deeply calls into question all our republican principles” and “rolls out the red carpet for the extreme right,” declared Ms. Binet at the RMC microphone.
In discussion with other trade union organizations, associations and personalities, the CGT wishes to organize in the coming weeks “large-scale initiatives to allow those who do not recognize themselves in this ‘lepenized’ France to show their determination to uphold the values of solidarity,” added the manager.
“Putting solidarity first”
The new law establishes in its article 19 a period of five years for non-European foreigners in a legal situation who do not work, and of thirty months for others, before being eligible for benefits such as family allowances or the Allowance. Personalized Autonomy (APA), paid to people aged 60 or over who are losing their autonomy. The 32 departments led by the left, including Paris, announced Wednesday that they will not apply the tightening conditions for payment of the APA to foreigners provided for by the new immigration law.
“This is what we need to do everywhere,” said Ms. Binet, calling for “solidarity to come first”. According to her, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron “is trapped in a political and moral shipwreck”. “The Titanic had started to sink with the pension reform, now we are hitting rock bottom with this law which embodies the world of money and rancid and xenophobic far-right ideology,” she said.