New day of demonstrations throughout France this Saturday, February 11, a first in the fight against the pension reform which until now has been organized during the week. Follow the parades live…
The essential
- A new day of demonstrations against the pension reform has been scheduled for this Saturday, February 11.
- Once is not custom, the mobilization takes place in the middle of the weekend, with the hope of giving new life to the movement which marked time last Tuesday.
- A memorandum of information viewed by TF1 News yet counts on an equivalent mobilization. “Between 500,000 and 700,000 people are expected throughout the territory, including 90,000 to 120,000 in Paris,” according to the authorities.
- Follow the demonstrations in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nantes… live.
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10:19 – Fourth day of action against pension reform
Saturday, February 11, the unions want to mobilize as much as possible for the fourth day of action against the pension reform. Exceptionally, the demonstrations were organized on a Saturday, so that some workers who cannot strike could participate. The unions are hoping for a rebound in mobilization, after a slight decline on Tuesday, February 7, compared to the strikes of January 19 and 31.
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What is the list of demonstrations on February 11?
On the interactive map of the CFDT, there are about sixty appointments. Demonstrations have been scheduled this Saturday in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Lille.
- Paris: demonstration at 1 p.m., Place de la République
- Marseille: demonstration at 2 p.m., departure from the Old Port
- Lyon: demonstration at 2 p.m. from Brotteaux
- Toulouse: demonstration at 10 a.m., Allée Charles de Fitte (Saint-Cyprien)
- Rennes: demonstration at 2:30 p.m., place de Bretagne
- Strasbourg: demonstration at 11 a.m., place Kléber
- Metz: demonstration at 10 a.m., Place du General de Gaulle (station forecourt)
- Saint-Étienne: demonstration at 10 a.m., Châteaucreux station
- Bourg-en-Bresse: demonstration at 10.30 a.m., at the Prefecture
- Nice: demonstration at 11 a.m., place Garibaldi
- Montpellier: demonstration at 1 p.m., bank of the Lèz
- Ajaccio: demonstration at 10 a.m., at the station
- Bastia: demonstration at 10 a.m., at the courthouse
- Roanne: demonstration at 10 a.m., at the station
- Le Puy: demonstration at 10:30 a.m., Place Cadelade
- Avignon: demonstration at 2 p.m., Place de la République
- Nîmes: demonstration at 2.30 p.m., place Jules Guesde
- Saint-Gaudens: demonstration at 3 p.m., place Jean Jaurès
- Mulhouse: demonstration at 10 a.m., square de la Bourse
- Belfort: demonstration at 10 a.m., at the people’s house
- Limoges: demonstration at 1:30 p.m., at the Tourny crossroads
- Bayonne: demonstration at 10 a.m., place Sainte Ursule
- Pau: demonstration at 10 a.m., place de Verdun
- Tarbes: demonstration at 10 a.m., at the Labor Exchange
- Dax: demonstration at 9.30 a.m., forecourt of the station
- Tours: demonstration at 2 p.m., place Jean Jaurès
- Amiens: demonstration at 10:30 a.m., at the Maison de la Culture
- Cambrai: torchlight procession at 6.30 p.m., at the station
- Valenciennes: demonstration at 2 p.m., Place d’Armes
The event organized in Paris this Saturday, February 11, 2023 will start from Republic Square. The procession is scheduled to start at 13 hourstowards the national square around 7 p.m., passing by Boulevard Voltaire, warned the police headquarters in a communicated.
The administration warns that traffic will be “disturbed in the center and east of Paris”. A road system will be set up around the event, particularly at the level of boulevards Voltaire, Beaumarchais, Diderot, rue de Lyon, avenue Daumesnil, as well as around the places de la République, Bastille and Nation.
There should be no dispute between the two events that take place on the same day in Nice: the carnival and the February 11 demonstration against the pension reform. This mobilization against the reform will not go through Place Masséna in Nice, the place where the carnival opens (from February 10 to February 26). “The prefect asked the organizers to take into account the traffic and security constraints of the inter-union demonstration and the carnival festivities” indicated the prefecture to BFM Nice Côte d’Azur.
Thus, as indicated Nice morning the procession of demonstrators against the reform will leave Place Garibaldi at 11 a.m. to reach the SNCF station via rue Defly, rue de l’Hôtel des Postes, Jean-Médecin, and Avenue Tiers.
The route of the procession in Bordeaux
Bordeaux residents will meet at 2 p.m. at Place de la Bourse. The procession will continue its march on the Quai Richelieu, then cross the Cours Alsace-et-Lorraine before joining the Cours Georges-Clemenceau, then passing through the Rue Esprit-des-Lois before returning to the starting point.
The route of the event in Lyon
The procession will start at 2 p.m., this time from Brotteaux and having as its terminus Place Lazare at Gratte-Ciel, informed the local media. Lyon-Capital. The demonstrators will pass by the Cours Emile Zola then by the Rue Racine to reach the terminus.
The route of the procession in Toulouse
The procession will leave in the morning at 10.30 a.m. at François Verdier. As Actu-Toulouse reports, the demonstrators will take the main boulevards, then pass by Jean-Jaurès, and Place Jeanne-d’Arc, Compans-Caffarelli, will cross the Pont des Catalans with Saint-Cyprien as their terminus.
The course of the event in Nantes
As reported by the site News-Nantes, the route of the procession should not be different from the four previous mobilizations. At 2 p.m. the demonstrators will leave the water mirror crossing rue Henri IV, the quai Ceineray and the course of the 50 hostages, the quai de Turenne and quai de la Fosse and will cross the Anne-de-Bretagne bridge with the terminus the Ships on the island of Nantes.
Demonstrations, but no strike?
Initially, the intersyndicale called for a day of strikes and demonstrations on February 11. But afterwards, the idea of favoring demonstrations took precedence over the desire to lead a new strike. And for good reason: is it wise to disrupt the daily life of the French during the weekend, what is more during the first crossover of the school holidays? The unions have more to lose than to gain on a strike in the middle of the weekend when demonstrations only have advantages for their fight. Some sectors have already decided. At the SNCF, the inter-union has given up a strike but invites all employees and more broadly all those who can to join the processions.
On the side of the RATP, the discourse is quite different. At the beginning of February, the inter-union CGT, UNSA, CFE-CGC had called “all the agents of the company to continue and amplify the mobilization by the strike on Saturday February 11.” The metro, RER A and B, trams and buses could therefore experience major disruptions in Paris on Saturday.