Overview
- The Interior Ministry counted 31,900 demonstrators nationwide and the CGT reported 17,000 in Paris across roughly 150 rallies.
- Rail service ran quasi-normally with localized slowdowns in Centre-Val de Loire and Occitanie, the RER C operated at about nine trains out of ten, and the RATP reported normal traffic.
- Education authorities logged 5.27% of teachers on strike as some classes and services were interrupted, and hospitals postponed mainly non-urgent activity while emergency care continued.
- Unions demanded an end to the public-sector pay freeze, no job cuts including 4,018 planned secondary-teaching posts and roughly 3,000 public positions overall, and withdrawal of the planned doubling of medical franchises.
- With Parliament entering decisive votes on the 2026 budgets in the coming two weeks, CGT, FSU and Solidaires plan to maintain pressure as broader confederations like the CFDT and FO sat out the day.