A nationwide strike of public servants took place in France on December 5. It has included schools, hospitals, airlines and municipal services.
Unions have called for protests despite the resignation of Michel Barnier's government, which approved the country's budget without a vote in parliament.
"It doesn't change anything because the governments change and the civil service is getting worse, we don't have high salaries, the benefits are meager, it's true, we have job security, but now we wonder if we will have it tomorrow," he said. one of the protest participants.
According to the authorities, more than 246 thousand people participated in the strike. Among them were many public school teachers who demanded higher wages and better working conditions, and marches and rallies took place in many cities. The biggest protest took place in Paris.
