Purchasing power, quality of life, working conditions, access to housing, the rights of migrants and the climate emergency were part of the many messages expressed in the procession. A day of “demand”, as Brigitte defines it, a May Day protester for a long time. This militant of La France insoumise pleads for a Sixth Republic, “Faced with a monotonous color of right-wing France and an unprecedented score from the National Rally”. In the front row, behind the unitary banner, the CFDT joined the troops for the first time. Even if there “will always be differences” between trade unions, Laurent Roux, one of the voices of the CFDT in the Basque Country, sees the mobilization of the day as a signal sent to the government of Emmanuel Macron that he “does not not need too much verticality” in the management of the pension reform. legal retirement age. “Blocking the National Rally at the time of the second round is not a discharge given to Emmanuel Macron”, summarizes Julien Delion, CGT union representative. He evokes a “first union round” which will perhaps augur future mobilizations for “a healthy retirement age”. Apart from the official organizers, anarchist, anti-fascist and feminist groups, who briefly took the lead of the procession at the time of departure, joined by militants from La France insoumise – which did not fail to cause slight annoyance – were Of the game. Because the 1st of May, workers’ movement, is a day of convergence of struggles. Thus the refusal of the LGV project, carried by the association Bizi!, the housing problem in the Basque Country, denounced by Alda or even the reception of refugees, with the Etorkinekin association. A small group of Kurdistan activists was even part of the parade, flags in hand. At the end of the procession, as a final point of protest, a “feminist choir” began several songs, on the floor of the halls, to applause a crowd.