The inter-union opposed to the pension reform calls to intensify the challenge this Tuesday, March 7. Franceinfo takes stock of the events organized throughout the country.
For the sixth day of mobilization against the pension reform, the intelligence services expect this Tuesday between 1.1 million and 1.4 million demonstrators throughout France. 320 gatherings are planned in the country, a record since the start of the mobilization.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The processions parade in Privas (Ardèche), Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme) or Nyons (Drôme). In Crest (Drôme), demonstrators hold up a banner “You put us 64, we re-may 68”photographed the journalist from France Bleu Drôme Ardèche.
“Several thousand demonstrators” parade in Albertville (Savoie). Several filter dams are installed in the department, with tractors and wooden pallets. “Macron bounded, country blocked”can we read on the photos of France Bleu Pays de Savoie.
In Saint-Etienne, the Cours Fauriel “is full”notes France Bleu Saint Etienne. “Manu you go beyond the limits”brandishes a child on a sign in the procession.
Burgundy-Franche-Comte
In Beaune, “several hundred demonstrators” set off from the Porte Saint-Nicolas, behind a banner in the colors of the CGT. The union estimates that the procession is made up of a thousand people, 650 according to the police, indicates France Bleu Bourgogne.
Brittany
In Quimperlé, in Finistère, a tractor passes at the head of the procession.
Centre-Loire Valley
In Orleans, the demonstration started. Young people are part of the procession: “You have to do something to be heard”react two students interviewed by France Bleu Orléans.
Great East
In Reims, 10 to 12,000 people marched in the street this Tuesday morning, according to the unions, indicates France Bleu Champagne-Ardenne. “Young people will not retreat”waved a group of protesters.
Hauts-de-France
A rally is scheduled for 12 p.m. in front of the ArcelorMittal site in Grande-Synthe, near Dunkirk. The demonstrators set off this Tuesday morning from Maubeuge, Fourmies, Calais, Arras, Béthune, and Boulogne-sur-Mer.
Ile-de-France
In Paris, the procession will set off at 2 p.m. from Sèvres-Babylone, towards Place d’Italie.
Normandy
In Rouen, the demonstration started from the Cours Clemenceau. The inter-union is at the head of the procession with a large banner “No to the postponement of the legal retirement age!”, says France Bleu Normandie. A demonstrator holds up a sign with the face of Olivier Dussopt drawn and this inscription: “A Cardboard Minister”.
New Aquitaine
In Pau, the demonstration started around 11 a.m. from Place de Verdun, crowded with people, noted France Bleu Béarn Bigorre. In Mont-de-Marsan, despite the rain, 5,200 people demonstrated, according to a count by France Bleu Gascogne. The procession also started in Bayonne. “But why this obsession with making us work longer“, a demonstrator stuck on her coat, photographed by France Bleu Pays Basque. In Guéret, thousands of demonstrators invaded the national 145 to demonstrate, noted France Bleu Creuse.
Occitania
In Perpignan, the demonstrators began to march. The gas workers parade just behind the inter-union, with a large blue banner “EDF-GDF 100% public”found France Bleu Roussillon.
Pays de la Loire
Thousands of demonstrators arrived at the Zoom roundabout in Laval, notes France Bleu Mayenne. The unions set up tents on the roundabout and planted signs in the grass.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
The demonstrators rushed to Avignon. The crowd chants: “We don’t give up“.