Railway workers and employees from other sectors on strike against the pension reform briefly invaded the hall of the Euronext tower in La Défense this Thursday, April 20, after similar actions in the previous weeks against other companies deemed symbolic.
Leaving a general assembly at the Gare de Lyon, around 300 demonstrators took the RER to La Défense then ran to enter the hall of the tower, which they flooded with smoke bombs while chanting slogans, noted an AFP journalist.
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Euronext owns the Paris Stock Exchange and six other European exchanges.
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“We chose the Paris Stock Exchange because it is the symbol of the CAC 40. We want the CAC 40 to go to the fund to finance our pensions with their crazy dough”launched Fabien Villedieu, trade unionist of SUD-Rail.
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“We are here, we are here, even if Macron does not want to, we are here! » they intoned, remaining a few minutes inside before leaving, without damage or clashes.
Last week, strikers led by railway workers similarly invaded the lobby of LVMH’s headquarters and, the week before, a Parisian building hosting financial companies including the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock.
