incidents break out in the Parisian procession

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3:51 p.m. : In Rennes, the prefecture reports 8,500 demonstrators today (against 20,000 on the union side). According to the police, there were 13,600 on March 28, 22,200 on March 23, 7,500 on March 15, 10,200 on March 11 and 19,000 on March 7, according to France Bleu.

3:47 p.m. : Are we at the mobilization in the processions? Take the example of Marseille, where the police have identified 10,000 demonstrators today (against 170,000 according to the unions). They were 11,000 according to the authorities on March 28, 16,000 on March 23, 7,000 on March 15, 7,000 on March 11 and 30,000 on March 7.

3:42 p.m. : France seen from abroad: the New York Times recounts in this article the showdown between the government and the demonstrators. He returns in particular to the difficult dialogue between the unions and the executive.

3:48 p.m. : Another very large crowd in GRENOBLE

3:47 p.m. : Demonstration in Tours

3:47 p.m. : Back to the demonstrations, some of you sent us photos of the processions in France.

3:00 p.m. : “We are in the longest social conflict in the history of the country since 1968; and the densest”.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon defended a mobilization rather “in the active phase than in the regression phase of the movement”.

2:46 p.m. : In the Parisian procession, the leader of La France insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke about the mobilization.

2:14 p.m. : In Savoie, two members of the police were injured during clashes with demonstrators who were trying to invade an administrative building. “A policeman was shot in the face with a mortar and lost consciousness, he was evacuated to hospital”, according to a source cited by France Bleu Pays de Savoie.

2:08 p.m. : Meuse: blockage at the Montmédy detention center, the “fed up” of prison guards #demonstration #blockade https://t.co/uSE2R21uIS

2:06 p.m. : Beginning of the Place de la Carrière rally in #Nancy for the #manif6avril https://t.co/5urkoRwjWH

2:05 p.m. : The tension is rising in #Rennes. The police blocked the passage on one side and the other of the rue d’Antrain, and launched tear gas in abundance. Some demonstrators climb barriers to try to escape. https://t.co/kDxufWcKht

2:14 p.m. : The Paris procession should set off in a few moments. We tour the regions while waiting.

1:54 p.m. : Besides Marseille, you can find an update on the demonstrations in France in this article.

1:51 p.m. : Good morning @Marion, 170,000 people are demonstrating in Marseilles today according to the unions, 10,000 according to the police. You can follow the information in this live from France 3 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.

1:51 p.m. : Hello Zoé How many demonstrators were there in Marseille please Have a nice day

1:44 p.m. : “We were witnessing a terrible trivialization of the use of requisitions. (…) This suspension of requisitions is an extremely strong signal.”

After this administrative court decision, the CGT of the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-l’Orcher announces the cessation of fuel shipments from this Normandy site.

1:42 p.m. : The doomed state. The administrative court of Rouen suspends the prefectural requisitions of employees at the TotalEnergies refinery of Gonfreville-l’Orcher, which carried “a serious and immediate violation of the right to strike”. France Bleu Normandie details this decision.

1:32 p.m. : What is the route of the Parisian demonstration?

1:09 p.m. : “There are plenty of places where we can demonstrate in complete safety”.

Laurent Berger asserts that “trade union processions remain safe places”despite the violence that took place in some cities during previous demonstrations.

1:05 p.m. : The secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger speaks at the microphone of BFM TV, before the departure of the Parisian procession.

1:07 p.m. : At table ! Here is the “best-of” menu simmered by the editorial staff of franceinfo.fr this Thursday:

• Marine Cardot deciphers the social issues of this 11th day of mobilization with political scientist Dominique Andolfatto. “This in-between moment is not likely to mobilize widely”he believes.

• Do we really need the Brav-M? Juliette Campion questions the usefulness of this motorized police unit judged “essestial” by the authorities, but increasingly criticized.

• Franceinfo explains the controversy sparked by Gérald Darmanin’s comments on the League of Human Rights, an association whose public funding “worth watching”, according to the minister.

2:01 p.m. : A #vesoul some tensions between demonstrators and law enforcement #greve6avril #ReformesDesRetraites https://t.co/HnCHU4jCFr https://t.co/GuuJeFIl5Y

2:00 p.m. : Some scuffles in Nantes in the demonstration https://t.co/wG280FSBL3

12:33 p.m. : In the processions, we see some tensions between demonstrators and police. The Paris procession will set off at 2 p.m. from Invalides.

11:38 : Some 8% of teachers went on strike today for the eleventh day of inter-union mobilization against the pension reform, according to the Ministry of Education.

11:27 : In Périgueux, the demonstrators are now going around the Tourny alleys. @SO_Dordogne #greve6avril #demonstrations #Perigueux #ReformeDesRetraites https://t.co/CIUdLR3Coy

11:23 : Quite a rare occurrence in the Breton capital, the law faculty of #Rennes 1 was blocked this morning by students opposed to the pension reformThe central campus usually mobilizes very little during social movements#greve6avril #manif6avrilVia @camillelegleut https: //t.co/yifPzy3o11

11:23 : Strong mobilization of high school students in Calais. 350 young people join the procession. #greve6avril #manif6avril #ReformeDesRetraites https://t.co/lso0N8Bzpq

11:22 : In Gournay-sur-Aronde, with @BinetSophie, the new general secretary of the CGT, to support the gas workers, who have been on strike since March 7. We continue until the withdrawal! #manif6avril https://t.co/PDb0dkv1LW

11:22 : LFI deputy François Ruffin went to Gournay-sur-Aronde (Oise) to support gas workers. Several blockages take place in front of high schools, faculties, and processions begin to leave, as in Calais (Pas-de-Calais).

11:18 a.m. : “Either the trade unions win, or it will be the far right”, warned on franceinfo Fabien Villedieu, Sud Rail union representative. “If you disgust people, and that’s what is happening, the danger is the arrival of the far right”he pointed.

(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

10:51 a.m. : Sophie Binet arrived at the gas site of Gournay-sur-Aronde in Oise to support the strikers. She praised the striking officers “for 33 days” and called them “backbone of the struggle”. “One way or another, this law will not apply”she said, quoted by Release.

10:46 : A few dozen demonstrators cross Gare Montparnasse with smoke bombs. Traffic is not disrupted at this time. https://t.co/G738TCY8yO

10:46 : Protesters walked through the Gare Montparnasse in Paris with placards and smoke bombs. According to our journalist Robin Prudent, the traffic is not disturbed.

10:35 a.m. : “It is wrong to say that young people are not politicized.” “High school students can’t vote, we don’t have the right to strike, so we try to mobilize as we can, especially when it affects us.” On Twitterhigh school girls interviewed by the high school student collective Le Poing levé explain why they are mobilizing.

10:29 : Very big atmosphere at the Simone Weil high school: “And we are young, determined and revolutionary!” 📣🔥 #ReformeDesRetraites #greve6avril #manif6avril https://t.co/Y72zUpzius

10:29 : Among the schools blocked, that of Simone Weil in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris.

10:28 : Strikes blockages Macron releasesFor our pensions#NonALaReformeDesRetraites https://t.co/Iv1wU9Fxoh

10:22 : Terminal 1 at Roissy airport is blocked by opponents of the pension reform. Some of them went inside the building.

09:30 : Many people at the citizen blockade of the largest incinerator in Europe in Ivry-sur-Seine this morning. Let’s break all over the country for the #greve6avril. 64 is NO. And we will go until withdrawal ✊#RetraitDeLaReformeDesRetraites https://t.co/lYvMhM3mAH

09:30 : The incinerator of Ivry-sur-Seine is blocked. The president of the LFI group at the National Assembly Mathilde Panot is on site. “It’s a reform that will strike people in the flesh (…) people will not turn the page”she said to the Media.

09:26 : At the origin of the blocking of the Joubert-Maillard high school in Ancenis, a small group of 1,200 students who do not claim “any union but we support the inter-union”. #manif6avril #greve6avril https://t.co/Mn2Gw1cc8E

09:26 : The mobilization has started in several towns in France. Several high schools are blocked, as in Ancenis in Loire-Atlantique, reports a journalist from West France.

09:07 : “If the decision of the Constitutional Council is favorable to the government, I do not predict anything, it would not erase the disagreements. It would give additional legitimacy to the law.”

The Minister is the guest of BFMTV. He asserts that there is “a social crisis, but not a democratic crisis”.

(Thomas SAMSON / AFP)

08:57 : “At 62 or even 64, we will arrive with a cane or in a wheelchair on the construction sites!”, deplores the manager of Armor Plaquiste Insulation. Even if the employers’ confederations support the pension reform, some craftsmen or managers of very small businesses are mobilizing locally, even paying for their employees’ strike hours. Example in Côtes-d’Armor.