Nearly 270 rallies were planned for Thursday throughout France for the 12th day of mobilization against the pension reform. In several regions, unions are announcing new actions on Friday.
Nearly 270 demonstrations were scheduled throughout France on Thursday April 13 on the occasion of the 12th day of mobilization against the pension reform. Territorial intelligence expected between 400,000 to 600,000 protesters across the country, the lowest forecast since the beginning of the movement. The trend is indeed downward according to the France Bleu network. Overview of the mobilizations of the day.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In Valence, the Mistral bridge is again closed with the gathering of demonstrators since 2:30 p.m. at the bottom of the Champ de Mars on Gambetta Avenue near the Mistral bridge.
In Aubenas, a demonstration started at 2 p.m.
In Privas, the police counted 600 demonstrators in the city center, against a thousand during the last demonstration. The unions counted 800 people on Thursday morning according to France Bleu Drôme Ardèche.
In Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme), 300 demonstrators gathered according to the police on Thursday morning.
In Nyons, 150 people marched according to the gendarmes on Thursday morning.
In Clermont-Ferrand, the unions counted 10,000 demonstrators, against 6,000 for the authorities.
In Albertville (Savoie), at least a thousand demonstrators roamed the streets, according to police information collected by France Bleu Pays de Savoie. This is less than the last demonstration, where 1,500 people were mobilized. There was no blockage of the RN90 but demonstrators occupied the Ugine roundabout at midday and the quays of the Isère were closed to traffic.
In Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (Savoie), 350 people demonstrated Thursday morning according to the gendarmes interviewed by France Bleu Pays de Savoie, an almost stable mobilization compared to last Thursday (400 people).
In Chambéry, the inter-union organized a free toll operation on the A43 motorway in Chambéry Nord between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday morning, noted France Bleu Pays de Savoie. The barriers remained up for almost 2 hours. The cameras for filming the license plates were hidden by stickers.
In Lyon, the procession left at 1:30 p.m. and the mobilization ended under tear gas. The demonstrators were fewer than during the previous mobilization, notes France 3 Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Burgundy-Franche-Comte
In Dijon, the police counted 3,500 demonstrators. Last week, the police counted 4,500.
In Beaune, Thursday morning, the inter-union counted 200 demonstrators, reports France Bleu Bourgogne, exactly like last week.
In Belfort, the unions announced a thousand people in the street, three times less than during the previous demonstration against the pension reform, indicates France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard.
Brittany
In Rennes, 6,500 demonstrators were identified according to the prefecture, 15,000 according to the inter-union, reports France Bleu Armorique. The demonstration started at noon from Place de Bretagne. According to the prefecture, the police seized several bags filled with cobblestones and pebbles ahead of the demonstration. Protesters blocked the Star bus depot in Plaine de Baud and the Rennes ring road on Thursday morning. Public transport was severely disrupted in downtown Rennes.
Great East
In Strasbourg, the twelfth demonstration against the pension reform started at 2 p.m., avenue de la Liberté, noted France Bleu Alsace. Several thousand people marched through the Alsatian capital on Thursday afternoon with these slogans like “stop contempt” Or “our lives are worth more than your mandates”.
The mobilization began on Thursday morning in Strasbourg with a blockage of the motorway at the place de Haguenau. About 30 people dressed in black lit a fire on the roadway with garbage cans. This caused big traffic jams. Navigation was cut on the Rhine for international traffic. Strikers from the electricity and gas industries occupied the Kembs lock.
In Mulhouse, the CGT organizes free parking operations in the city centre. A procession is also planned in Mulhouse at 7 p.m.
In Reims, the unions claimed between 2,500 and 3,500 demonstrators, reports France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne.
Hauts-de-France
In Amiens, the procession set off at 2 p.m. from the Maison de la culture on Thursday and brought together 1,500 people according to the police, 8,000 according to the unions, reports France Bleu Picardie.
Ile-de-France
In Paris, the procession set off from the Opera around 2 p.m. in the direction of the Bastille. The CGT claims 400,000 demonstrators.
Normandy
In Le Havre, the procession set off around 10 a.m. Thursday morning, reports France Bleu Normandie, behind the inter-union banner.
New Aquitaine
In Bordeaux, 40,000 people marched according to the inter-union. On the sidelines of the official procession at 3 p.m. Thursday, damage was noted by France Bleu Gironde. The BNP Paribas bank branch was targeted on the alleys of Tourny. There were also projectiles thrown at the police on rue Esprit des lois.
In Guéret (Creuse), 1,400 people demonstrated this Thursday according to the authorities, 2,000 according to the trade unions, reports France Bleu Creuse. Fewer people, but more spectacular actions: a handful of demonstrators, for example, abseiled down the avenue Fayolle bridge with harnesses, noted France Bleu Creuse.
From 8 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, opponents of the pension reform are announcing a filtering dam on the side of La Souterraine, at the level of the Croisière roundabout. Traffic could be seriously disrupted since the unions of Indre and Haute-Vienne will come to lend a hand.
In Pau, the CGT has identified 5,000 people. Another demonstration is already planned in the city center on Friday at 6 p.m., announces France Bleu Béarn Bigorre, after the announcement of the decision of the Constitutional Council. Actions are also planned for the day and next weekend.
Occitania
In Montpellier between 5,000 demonstrators according to the police and 10,000 according to the unions gathered according to France Bleu Hérault.
In Béziers between 1,800 (police) and 7,000 people (according to the unions) mobilized.
In Sète, 1,500 demonstrators according to the police, 3,000 according to the unions.
In Bédarieux, 300 people gathered according to the police (500 according to the unions).
In the Gard, the opponents of the reform mobilized in the morning Alès, Uzès, in Vigan learned France Bleu Gard Lozère. Mobilization also in Mende (Lozère). And since the beginning of the afternoon, a demonstration took place in Nîmes.
In Toulouse, the students quickly took control of the procession, reports France Bleu Occitanie. The CGT claims 70,000 participants while for its part, the prefecture counted 9,000 people in this demonstration which took place in peace. A rally is also planned for Friday at the end of the afternoon, perhaps on the forecourt of the Hôtel de Ville, the police headquarters having refused that it be held at Place de la Concorde.
In Tarbes, the police counted 3,000 demonstrators, 7,000 according to the inter-union.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In Avignon, 15,000 demonstrators moved according to the unions questioned by France Bleu Vaucluse.
In Marseille, they were 6,500 according to the police and 130,000 according to the unions.