In Marseille, a first procession bringing together various demonstrators set off

This text corresponds to part of the transcription of the report above. Click on the video to watch it in full. A collective cry of anger in the streets of Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

At 21, Marie symbolizes the convergence of the struggles of November 5. An undergraduate student, she has also recently worn the yellow vest. “For example, not having the purse and paying for a full tank of gasoline at 2.30 euros per liter is not possible.

There, the people are rising up against the government," she says. Thousands of people responded to the call from all the unions, who are demanding an increase in wages as a priority. "The workers are no longer able to make a living from their work.

The end of the month begins on the 15th, so there is an emergency in terms of salaries,” assures Marc Pietrosino, secretary general of the CGT departmental union of Bouches-du-Rhône. Dockers, teachers, retirees or yellow vests. Their gathering is large in the procession.

A doctoral student in physics is delighted. “In research, we have fewer and fewer resources. There are job closures every year.

Being all together allows us to put pressure on the government which is not moving at the moment," he hopes. The convergence of struggles and generationsFrançois Lavaud, retired and communist activist, advocates the convergence of struggles and generations. "We want an intergenerational struggle and we want to show young people that we are with them and we want young people to come with us," he asks.

High school students also marched Thursday morning to demand more resources, more teachers. For a first-year student, the rallying of unions and workers is an opportunity: "Unity is strength to show that everyone is suffering, everyone is angry and that will perhaps have more impact. And it also shows that we are supported and that's nice when it's been weeks since we started the movement."

Starting at 10:30 a.m., this general demonstration continues peacefully in the city center of Marseille.

Machine-translated from French