The unions hope to make a new show of force during this eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform. Franceinfo takes stock of the events organized throughout the country.
For the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform Thursday, April 6, territorial intelligence expects between 600,000 and 800,000 demonstrators throughout France. 370 rallies are planned across the country. Overview thanks to the France Bleu network.
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
In Lyon (Rhône), the prefecture counted 13,000 demonstrators against the pension reform, the unions claim 32,000 people, reports the franceinfo reporter present on the spot. The police headquarters counted around 400 thugs. Six people were arrested. On March 28, 12,500 people had mobilized.
In Savoie, at least 1,500 demonstrators mobilized in Albertville, France Bleu Pays de Savoie learned from a police source.
At midday, nearly 300 demonstrators gathered in front of the Osiris command post (road surveillance). Two police officers were injured as protesters tried to enter the building. According to France Bleu Pays de Savoie, a police officer was shot in the face with a mortar and lost consciousness, before being evacuated to hospital by firefighters. A police officer was also shot in the head. Police reinforcements were sent to the scene.
Burgundy-Franche-Comte
In Dijon (Côte-d’Or), 12,000 people demonstrated for the 11th day of mobilization, according to the inter-union, 4,500, according to the police, reports France Bleu Bourgogne. Last week, the unions claimed 15,000 demonstrators, the police counted 6,000. The mobilization is also down in Montbard (1,200 people Thursday against 1,300 on March 28), and in Beaune (200 against 300).
In Besançon (Doubs), 5,500 people mobilized, according to the unions, reports France Bleu Besançon. The station was invaded by a few hundred demonstrators, according to France Bleu Besançon. A demonstration also took place in Vesoul (Haute-Saône), where some tensions were noted by France Bleu Besançon.
About 4,000 people took part in the interprofessional demonstration in Belfort (Territoire-de-Belfort), according to the unions, just over 2,100 according to the police, indicates France Bleu Belfort Montbéliard. This is about as much as during the previous mobilization on March 28.
Brittany
In Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine), the main procession, which started at 11 a.m., brought together 20,000 people, according to the unions, and 8,500 according to the prefecture, reports France Bleu Armorique. Demonstrators marched in the historic heart, outside the planned route. The police used tear gas. Demonstrators climbed the gates of the Saint Martin high school college to escape. The water cannon was also used to disperse the demonstrators in Place Sainte-Anne. Bars and restaurants have evacuated their terraces. The regional directorate of public finance was sprayed with paint on the sidelines of the demonstration. Garbage cans were set on fire.
Centre-Val-de-Loire
In Orléans (Loiret), the demonstration gathered, in peace, 3,600 people, according to a source with territorial intelligence, 11,000 according to the CGT, reports France Bleu Orléans. Other mobilizations took place in the Loiret, in Montargis, Gien, Pithiviers and Beaugency.
In Tours (Indre-et-Loire), the demonstration brought together 4,300 people, according to the police, 8,000, according to the unions, reports France Bleu Touraine.
In Châteauroux (Indre), the mobilization brought together 2,400 people, according to the police, 4,000 according to the unions, reports France Bleu Berry.
Great East
In Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin), the CGT claims 15,000 people for this 11th day of mobilization. Other demonstrations also take place in Colmar and Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).
In Épernay (Marne), 1,200 demonstrators gathered in the city center this Thursday morning, the unions and the police tell France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne, which specifies that this figure is slightly lower than that of the previous week.
In Reims (Marne), the procession brought together 3,500 people, according to the CGT, reports France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne.
In Metz (Moselle), several thousand demonstrators gathered in the streets for this 11th day of mobilization, according to France Bleu Lorraine Nord.
New Aquitaine
In La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime), the demonstration brought together 2,200 people, according to the police, reports France Bleu La Rochelle. The demonstrators were 2,400 in Saintes, 1,250 in Rochefort, 350 in Royan.
In Bordeaux (Gironde), 12,300 people demonstrated, according to the count of the France Bleu Gironde reporter, 10,000 according to the police, 60,000 according to the inter-union. It was 80,000 on March 28, according to the unions and 11,000, according to the prefecture.
Nearly 2,000 demonstrators marched in the morning in the streets of Dax (Landes) according to the inter-union and the count of the police, reports France Bleu Gascogne. This is less than during the previous day of mobilization, March 28, which brought together more than 3,100 people.
In Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 13,000 people marched according to the CGT, 7,200 according to the police, reports France Bleu Béarn Bigorre.
In Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), 15,000 people mobilized in the streets of Bayonne, according to the unions, reports France Bleu Pays Basque, a figure up slightly from the last mobilization.
About 1,850 people demonstrated peacefully in Guéret, according to the authorities, reports France Bleu Creuse. During the tenth day of national demonstration, between 2,500 and 3,000 people had answered the call of the inter-union.
In Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze), between 2,500 and 3,000 people marched against the pension reform, according to France Bleu Limousin.
In Tulle (Corrèze), 1,400 people gathered, less than the 4,500 protesters claimed by the unions last week, according to France Bleu Limousin. At the end of the procession, the demonstrators deviated from the initial route declared to the prefecture. But no injuries or major overflows are to be reported, unlike last week.
In Périgueux (Dordogne), between 2,500 people, according to the police, and 4,500, according to the unions, demonstrated. The CGT energy claims a power cut on the Laure Gatet high school in Périgueux a little before 12 noon.
Normandy
In Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), 4,500 people demonstrated against the pension reform, according to the prefecture. They were 800 in Saint-Lô, 700 in Coutances, 600 in Granville or even 700 in Avranches. In total, nearly 7,370 people demonstrated in the department.
In Caen (Calvados), 28,000 people marched against the pension reform, according to the unions, 9,700 according to the police, reports France Bleu Normandie.
In Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), the mobilization is down this Thursday, with 5,500 demonstrators this morning, the police told France Bleu Normandie. For its part, the inter-union does not communicate a figure, but welcomes a day of mobilization “successful”.
14,000 demonstrators marched Thursday noon in Rouen (Seine-Maritime), announces the CGT to France Bleu Normandie.
Occitania
In Toulouse (Haute-Garonne), the demonstration brought together 90,000 people, according to the CGT, 15,000, according to the prefecture, reports France Bleu Occitanie. Some tensions enamelled the procession. A bus shelter and a barricade were set on fire in the Saint-Cyprien district.
In Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), the demonstration brought together 15,000 people, according to the unions, 4,700, according to the prefecture, reports France Bleu Roussillon. It is as much as Tuesday, March 28 during the previous day of mobilization. At the start of the demonstration, the procession made a symbolic stop of a few minutes in front of the Perpignan judicial court in support of the striking postal workers summoned to court by their management for unlawful blocking. For 16 days they have been blocking the entrance to the La Poste sorting center at Polygone in Perpignan.
In Alès (Gard), the procession gathered 3,000 people, according to the police, reports France Bleu Gard Lozère.
Pays de la Loire
Scuffles marked the mobilization in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) on the sidelines of the procession Thursday noon, reports France Bleu Loire Océan. The first incidents and the first shots of tear gas canisters occurred before the arrival of the demonstrators in Place du Commerce. The police used tear gas. The unions claim 50,000 people in the procession.
In Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique), 10,000 people took part in the demonstration, according to the unions, reports France Bleu Loire Océan.
In Loire-Atlantique and Vendée, a dozen events were planned, in Clisson, Ancenis, Châteaubriant, Pontchâteau or Guérande, in Loire-Atlantique, and in La Roche-sur-Yon, Fontenay-le-Comte or Les Sables- d’Olonne, in the Vendée.
In Laval (Mayenne), 6,000 people marched against the pension reform, according to the inter-union, reports France Bleu Mayenne. Young people were present in the procession. Early in the morning, around 850 students from the Réaumur, Buron Douanier Rousseau and Ambroise Paré high schools blocked their establishments before joining the demonstration.
In Le Mans (Sarthe), the inter-union claims 10,000 demonstrators for this 11th day of mobilization, as many as last week, the police counted 4,200, against 6,400 on March 28, reports France Bleu Maine.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), 170,000 people demonstrated Thursday morning against the pension reform, 10,000 according to the police headquarters, reports France Bleu Provence. Last week, they were 160,000 according to the trade unions and 9,000 according to the police headquarters.
20,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Avignon, the unions announced to France Bleu Vaucluse. The prefecture, for its part, counted 3,200 people.