More than 200 demonstrations are organized this Tuesday, June 6 for the 14th day of strike against the pension reform. Will the processions bring together a lot of people in Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux or Lille? All information live.
The essential
- The protest against the pension reform resumes this Tuesday, June 6, 2023 with a 14th day of mobilization. If the strike seems to be poorly followed, the demonstrations could bring together up to 600,000 people according to the intelligence services.
- More than 200 demonstrations are organized everywhere in France and it is in Paris that the inter-union expects the most people with 40,000 to 70,000 demonstrators estimated.
- The demonstrations of June 6 will be particularly monitored. 11,000 members of the police are mobilized to supervise and protect the processions from the presence of black blocks which is beyond doubt according to the prefect of police of Paris, Laurent Nunez.
- Follow the demonstrations of June 6 live.
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09:57 – Where are the June 6 processions?
The first departures of the demonstrations on June 6 are scheduled around 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. as in Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes or Toulouse. The processions will then leave throughout the day, notably at 2 p.m. in Paris. But where are the departures planned? The CFDT offers a map containing all the practical information on the events.
09:33 – The CGT refuses to abdicate in the face of pension reform
While the previous strike days had lost intensity and this 14th day of mobilization could follow the same trend, the unions are repeating their desire to fight against the pension reform. “It’s been six months since the mobilization began [et aujourd’hui] hundreds of thousands of people are on strike, the level of mobilization will still be extremely high” maintained the general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet on RMC/BFMTV. And to add: “The mobilization is still there. We will continue to fight so that this law does not apply”.
09:08 – “There will be people in the street” assures FO
The secretary general of FO Frédéric Souillot affirms it: “There will be people in the street even today” to challenge the pension reform. “Still 66% of French people are against this pension reform, and 94% of active people,” said the trade unionist on the set of France 2.
08:53 – Demonstrations filmed by drones
This is a measure that completes the security system around the demonstrations of June 6, in particular the Parisian procession: one or more drones will film the progress of the procession. Laurent Nunez, prefect of police of Paris, authorized by a stop published during the weekend the “capture, recording and transmission of images by means of cameras installed on aircraft as part of the inter-union rally on June 6, 2023 against the pension reform.” These drones must make it possible to ensure the safety of the gathering by identifying behavior deemed to be at risk, but their use is debated. This use of drones is only possible since a decree of April 19. The drones will fly over all the areas through which the Parisian procession must pass, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. according to the details of the decree.
08:42 – Black blocks present in processions?
Radical elements forming black blocks were systematically present in the previous demonstrations against the pension reform and they should again answer the call this Tuesday, June 6 according to the prefect of police, Laurent Nunez. Which indicated that the police forces mobilized to supervise the processions “are waiting firmly” for all individuals who could disrupt the demonstrations. 1000 radical elements, including members of the ultra left and “ultra” yellow vests, are expected in Paris according to information.
08:33 – Half a million protesters expected in the streets
400,000 to 600,000 people could take part in the demonstrations on June 6, according to the estimate of the intelligence services. The procession of the capital could bring together between 40,000 and 70,000 people. This is much less than the record reached during the mobilization of March 7, but it remains a significant number all the more after five months of protest and with more than a month of delay between this day of mobilization and the previous demonstration. against pension reform.
08:26 – More than 200 demonstrations this Tuesday, June 6
On the occasion of the 14th day of strike against the pension reform, the inter-union intends to reinvest the street. More than 230 demonstrations are planned everywhere in France according to the various unions including the CFDT. In the processions, hundreds of thousands of people could beat the pavement to oppose the bill this Tuesday, June 6, a very symbolic mobilization since organized two days before the possible examination of a bill on I’repeal of pensions in the National Assembly.
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About 250 demonstrations are planned throughout France during the day of mobilizations on June 6. All procession departures and routes have been listed on a map by the union CGT.
Here are the main parades planned:
- Lille : departure from procession at 2:30 p.m. from Porte de Paris
- Lyons : departure from procession at 11 a.m. from the tobacco factory
- Marseilles : departure from procession at 10:30 a.m. from the Old Port
- Bordeaux : departure from procession at 12 p.m. Place de la Bourse
- Montpellier : departure from procession at 10:30 a.m. from the Corum
- Nantes : departure from procession at 10:30 a.m. at the Water Mirror
- reindeer : departure from procession at 11 a.m. Place de Bretagne
- Strasbourg : departure from procession at 2 p.m. avenue de la Liberte
- Toulouse : departure from procession at 10 a.m. from Saint-Cyprien
The Parisian procession will leave Invalides (7th) at 2 p.m. for Place d’Italie (13th). According France info, the Paris police headquarters expects a drop in mobilization, because it had counted 112,000 demonstrators on May 1, against 550,000 participants for the CGT. The timing of this day is symbolic: on June 8, the bill aimed at repealing the text of the pension reform will be presented to the National Assembly. A press point of representatives of trade union and youth organizations will be held in front of the lower house of Parliament according to TF1.
The police are expecting moments of significant tension when the demonstrators march in front of the National Assembly, but also the restaurant La Rotonde, whose storefront was burned down last April. The procession will join the Place d’Italie by the rue Grenelle and the boulevards of Montparnasse and that of the Gobelins. Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, specified that: “11,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed on the territory, including 4,000 in Paris.”
The inter-union had concerted on May 2 to set this date of mobilization. “We will not turn the page: together, united and determined to win the withdrawal of the reform and for social progress, let’s build strikes and demonstrations everywhere on June 6!”, This is what the latest announces inter-union press release for this day of June 6th.
Disruptions in transport
Sectors such as education and aviation will be mainly affected. Orly airport has indicated that a third of its flights are canceled. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has encouraged airlines to reduce their number of flights to limit disruption. The drop is 20% in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes.
On the side of the SNCF, rail traffic will be largely provided with “9 out of 10 trains in circulation on a national average”. Their statement emphasizes that the travelers concerned will be contacted by SMS or email, a usual device during strike days. The RATP forecast is even more optimistic since AFP indicates that traffic will be “normal” in Île-de-France.