The strike and the day of mobilisation will be repeated on 28 April throughout France. Objective: The repeal of the El Khomri law or the labour reform of François Hollande. 75% of the French population, according to surveys, is against the law. Basically, it would be very similar to the labor reform that boosted PP in Spain and the reasons why it was carried out: that the labor market does not respond to the responsibilities of the current global market and therefore requires flexibility.

Flexibility is focused on facilitating rules for dismissal of workers, weakening the union organisation of workers and, ultimately, increasing the power of business organisations in the field of labour relations. So far, lowering wages and precariousness are the main consequences that this type of labour reform has had for workers.

Linked to these mobilizations, however, the Nuit Debout (Night in Standing) movement has emerged, which, in addition to paralyzing labor reform, looks much further. The alliance of students and various social sectors of the Plaza de la República de Paris, a crutch in the fight against neoliberalism, looks towards social transformation.

Faced with the typical trade union struggles and the limitations of isolated general strikes, they want to push something more continuously. What and how is it not clear; at the moment, giving a direction to the flow that was generated on 31 March would not be a little. Many equate Nuit Debout with the M15 of Spain and the U.S. Occupy, and although it is different from the two, at least in view of the projection looks more towards the other side of the sea. In the United States, a Democratic candidate, such as Bernie Sanders, is calling as revolutionary the broad support he is getting when talking about an alternative to socialism. There are also Occupy repetitions.

There is also much talk about the path of Podemos, but at the moment there does not seem to be such a wick in the future of Nuit Debout. For example, Frédérick Gordon, the intellectual driver of the movement, wants to go beyond the elections and the fighting of the parties. Gordon, an important reference of the French left, believes in strong and broad movements in the face of profound changes, for which he considers the convergence of the struggles essential. This is the concept that has most spread in the Nuit Debout, the convergence of struggles, and under its shadow the struggle of the indignados of the night grows. Thursday’s mobilisation is its first major stop since the movement was created. The National Assembly will begin to discuss the law as of 3 May, and the protest is also expected to increase and expand significantly. As the flame of other places, Nuit Debout will also be extinguished sooner or later. The direction of the runway it leaves is the one that is not yet clear, but there is no doubt that it will leave it.

In the Spanish State, the political movement is more centered on institutions than on the street. If, faced with the relatively secure alliance of Podemos and IU, the PSOE does not make a final sudden move, leaving power in the hands of the PP and C’s, the general election will be repeated on 26 June. This tool of the major parties has been pending since 20 December, and the other parties will have to undergo the cruising route of the new elections. And in the end we will know whether the elections to the Basque Parliament will be held that day or not.