Thousands of French Police Officers Flood Paris’ Streets To Protest for Better Working Conditions

French cops pushed to the limit.

While not quite a general strike, as they are so fond of, today the French faced strikes by several professional categories.

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Euronews reported:

“Thousands of French police officers took to the streets of Paris to protest against their working conditions on Tuesday. The protest — led by the Alliance Police Nationale union — began at the Champs-Élysées and culminated at the National Assembly.

After the march, union representatives headed to the Interior Ministry to share their grievances — they subsequently told reporters that the meeting showed positive signs authorities were taking their grievances into account.

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“Ahead of the protest, one officer working in Rennes described a situation, which he qualified as ‘alarming’. He condemned staff shortages, equipment problems and the lack of decent pay: ‘we need equipment, we need manpower, we need recognition in our pay’, he said, arguing that working conditions ‘are getting worse and worse’.”

France24 reported (translated from the French):

“’The demands are simple: today we are constantly told that we consider and respect the police officer but in terms of salary increases, there is nothing’, Fabien Vanhemelryck, secretary general of Alliance, which is mainly made up of peacekeepers and deputy police officers (contract agents), told the press.

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‘We’re fed up! The profession is suffering, colleagues are no longer making ends meet at the end of the month and the specificities are not recognised’, complains a Corsican police officer who wished to testify anonymously, like the other officers interviewed by AFP.”

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