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As the prices of goods and services continue to soar higher now from what majority of people have ever witness before, thousands of people have stormed the street of Paris to protest against the souring prices and to make their voices heard
Till today, inflation has become a hot-button issue in recent months, as the cost of living has continued to rise while wages have stagnated. This has led to widespread frustration among the French people, who staged a massive protest in Paris day before yesterday. Thousands of people took to the streets, chanting and carrying signs that decried the rising prices.
The protested which took place on Sunday as thousands took to the streets of Paris to protest against soaring prices as weeks of strikes for higher wages at oil refineries spurred demands for a general strike.
The leader of hard-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed), Jean-Luc Melenchon, marched alongside this year's Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Annie Ernaux. He called a general strike for Tuesday. "You're going to live a week like no other, we are the ones who started it with this march," he told the crowd as they chant carrying playcard
The four unions also called the protests to help protect the right to strike, after the government ordered the requisitioning of some oil refinery workers, a move seen by unions as a violation of their constitutional rights.
The march followed a call by the NUPES parliamentary coalition, which hopes to turn the page on domestic violence accusations that have recently dogged senior members.
Budget Minister Gabriel Attal said the left-wing coalition was attempting to exploit the current situation, marked by ongoing strikes at French utility EDF's nuclear plants and at French oil refineries. "Today's march is a march of supporters who want to block the country," he said on French radio station Europe. Join Worldforumlive Here for 100% free and become a voice for your community, Join hands in making our world a better place for