Mobilization against pension reform in Marseille, France 2023
In 2023, France went through an important movement of protests against the pension reform carried out by Emmanuel Macron's government. Even though the reform was officially promulgated in April, on May 1, or International Workers' Day, around 130,000 persons (according to organizers' estimations) went down the streets of Marseille, to protest against the reform. In the second-biggest French city, the mobilization was the highest on March 23rd, when around 280,000 persons took part in the demonstration.