Paris, France, Crowd people Public Demonstration, French Pharmacists Protesting Governmental deregulation Law, Outdoor Rally, Franch Healthcare strike, public protests
"Pharmacists strike: "Better close a day forever!" As doctors, dentists or lawyers, pharmacists are expected to close their doors on Tuesday in response to the proposed reform of regulated professions. MetroNews went to these pharmacies who fear a possible end to their monopoly on the sale of drugs. "I'm the boss and in general I'm against the strike. But now, I am involved in the movement. Better to close one day, than forever!" As most of the 22,500 pharmacists in France - 100% were closed in protest. "The next step is us?" The sector, however, unaccustomed to express anger, fights tooth and nail to save its monopoly threatened by a new law in the draft reform of regulated professions, which put on the table to seek authorization from the sale of non-prescription drugs in supermarkets. "This would be the beginning of the end," loses his temper Jeremy, then stopped for news of a regular. He continued: "Supermarkets have already swallowed butchers, bakers neighborhood, the next step is us"? The young pharmacist, has, over 4 years in the second district of Paris, it signed a vengeance a petition stating that "health is not a trade." "The advice we prodigal are essential, he says: in supermarkets, which looks like someone who buys Fervex and Tylenol that take both at the same time, do they know that it is dangerous for the liver? " "Stop thinking that we are privileged!" A few blocks away, Louise *, 20 years of experience, has the same rhetoric. An irritated face, she says that the stated intention of the government in engaging this reflection, is to reduce prices of some medicines up to 20%, "At first, maybe that would be the case but we have seen that, for exemple at Leclerc Supermarkets, who promised pregnancy tests, now offers more than eight ... "the pharmacist also fears" the flight of turnover, while smaller pharmacies already closed. "Stop thinking that we are privileged! I work from 8:30 to 8:00 "
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Location: Paris, France, Boulevard de Bercy, 75012
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