A protestor holds a sign reading "Sncf freight is dead - Long live the trucks" during a demonstration called by the CGT, joined by Solidaires and the FSU unions in Paris on December 12, 2024. Sparse rallies and demonstrations "for jobs and industry" are being held on December 12, 2024 in several towns in France, ahead of the appointment of a new Prime Minister summoned by the CGT to respond to the "social emergency", in a context marked by an explosion in redundancy plans. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A protestor holds a sign reading "Sncf freight is dead - Long live the trucks" (L) during a demonstration called by the CGT, joined by Solidaires and the FSU unions in Paris on December 12, 2024. Sparse rallies and demonstrations "for jobs and industry" are being held on December 12, 2024 in several towns in France, ahead of the appointment of a new Prime Minister summoned by the CGT to respond to the "social emergency", in a context marked by an explosion in redundancy plans. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Liliana Lalonde speaks the press as she leaves the courthouse after hearing the prosecution's closing speech during the trial of 16 accused in the case of the 2018 fatal collapse of two residential buildings in Marseille's Aubagne street where her son Julien Lalonde died, on December 12, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Flat owner Sebastien Ardilly leaves the courthouse after hearing the prosecution's closing speech during his trial, along with 15 others accused, in the case of the 2018 fatal collapse of two residential buildings Marseille's Aubagne street, on December 12, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Former vice-chairman of the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Regional Council and flat owner Xavier Cachard leaves the courthouse after hearing the prosecution's closing speech during his trial, along with 15 others accused, in the case of the 2018 fatal collapse of two residential buildings Marseille's Aubagne street, on December 12, 2024. Six years after eight people died in the collapse of two buildings near Marseille's Old Port, the trial of sixteen people, including a former deputy mayor, began on November 7, 2024. They were all implicated in the sum total of negligence and financial calculations that led to the disaster. (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP) (Photo by CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

French MEP and President of the Left of the European parliament Manon Aubry reacts as she attends a demonstration called by the CGT, joined by Solidaires and the FSU unions in Paris on December 12, 2024. Sparse rallies and demonstrations "for jobs and industry" are being held on December 12, 2024 in several towns in France, ahead of the appointment of a new Prime Minister summoned by the CGT to respond to the "social emergency", in a context marked by an explosion in redundancy plans. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Women shout slogan while holding a banner reading "AVS 65 years old, it's still no!" as they demonstrate outside the Swiss Federal Court during a hearing to decide whether to vote again on women's retirement age, in Lausanne, on December 12, 2024. After the news that official financial forecasts for the pension system had been miscalculated, left-wing groups appealed to the result of the 2022 vote to increase the retirement age for women. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Protestors hold a banner reading "Against Macron, let's build a counter-offensive" during a demonstration called by the CGT, joined by Solidaires and the FSU unions in Paris on December 12, 2024. Sparse rallies and demonstrations "for jobs and industry" are being held on December 12, 2024 in several towns in France, ahead of the appointment of a new Prime Minister summoned by the CGT to respond to the "social emergency", in a context marked by an explosion in redundancy plans. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)