France Faces Nationwide Strikes Over Budget Plans
Unions say more than 100,000 demonstrators are expected as teachers, firefighters and hospital staff press for higher wages and fewer budget cuts.
- On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, major French public-sector unions launched a nationwide strike with over 100,000 demonstrators expected across 170 demonstrations to oppose the government's planned 2027 budget wage freeze.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu proposed freezing the civil-service pay index again for 2027, a move unions labeled "a real provocation," extending salary stagnation since July 2023.
- Joining the strike are teachers, firefighters, and France Travail , who protest "general lack of resources," "overcrowded classrooms," and "shortage of teachers and staff."
- Non-Urgent administrative services and scheduled outpatient appointments face potential reductions, while transport operators predict "near-normal traffic" for commuters across France.
- With the government set to present its 2027 budget on Thursday, this strike marks the first time all France Travail unions have participated since 2018, signaling deepening labor solidarity.
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A general strike of public servants is underway in France, called by a broad coalition of unions, demanding better pay and protesting against planned cuts in next year's budget, which Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu will present on Thursday.
The mobilization of a large trade union in France to demand wage increases and adjustment of the 2027 budget, amid anticipated protest movements throughout the country.
At the same time, blockades continue in secondary schools. The movement began last week in establishments around the capital and spread on Monday to other regions.
Barely appointed to one position, many civil servants, whose representatives called for a strike on Tuesday, September 29, are looking for another one in order to improve their premiums, which already represent 25 per cent of their remuneration.
عبر Cedarnews.net. لم体ابعن الن الن الن الن الن الن ال بر وال برير الحبري体 ورونا عله مو عنا. Responding to the call of several trade unions, public servants protested on Tuesday to demand wage increases. الم نشر عبر عبر مو
The procession started shortly after 10h30 in the streets of Angoulême. Behind the trade union banners, almost a thousand demonstrators responded to the call for a strike to demand, among other things, a revalorisation of the situation.
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