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PARIS, Apr 22 The French Energy Workers Union, affiliated to the General Confederation of Labour, has warned it could cut power to the Cannes Film Festival, Grand -at Monaco, as well as the Roland Garros tournament due to pension reform. It is reported by BFMTV.
«Macron promised 100 days of appeasement, we promise him 100 days of action and anger! … In May, do what you want! The Cannes Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix, Roland Garros, the Avignon Festival can take place in the dark» , — the TV channel quotes the statement of the association.
The Cannes Film Festival is scheduled to take place May 16-27.
In an interview with the channel, energy expert Anna Creti expressed the opinion that the union actually has the «technical means» to achieve such goals.
French Constitutional Council April 14 approved a key article of the reform bill, according to which there will be a gradual increase in the country's retirement age from 62 to 64 years by 2030. The next night, President Emmanuel Macron signed the law into law. After the decision of the Constitutional Council was announced, the trade unions refused to meet with the head of state and called for an «exclusive and popular» protest action on May 1.