FEBRUARY 16 DEMONSTRATION. New day of demonstrations in France this Thursday, February 16, 2023 against the pension reform. Albi will be the epicenter of the protest but processions are organized all over the country. In Paris, the meeting is fixed at noon. Live news.
The essential
- A new strike movement is organized this Thursday, February 16 against the pension reform, at the call of the eight main unions.
- This is the fifth day of mobilization, the day before the end of the examination of the text by the National Assembly.
- While demonstrations are planned everywhere in France, Albi (Tarn) will be the center of the dispute after the presence of the eight union leaders.
- Processions will parade in all the other major cities of the country, including Paris, with a departure scheduled for noon.
- News, maps, routes… Follow this new day of protest live on Linternaute.
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07:50 – Fifth day of demonstrations this Thursday!
Hello everyone and welcome to Linternaute. This Thursday, February 16 marks the fifth day of mobilization of the unions against the pension reform. A new day of strikes and demonstrations is organized everywhere in France, while the examination of the bill ends Friday in the National Assembly. After the success of the demonstrations on Saturday February 11, will the movement follow the same dynamic? It is to be followed live throughout the day on our site.
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The demonstrations of February 16
As in previous protest movements, the unions are making maps available, such as the one put online by the CGT or the CFDT, to inform everyone about the meeting points planned for February 16. Not all cities are known yet.
- Paris: Demonstration at 12 p.m. Place de la Bastille towards Place d’Italie
- Rennes: Demonstration at 11 a.m. Place de Bretagne
- Albi: Demonstration at 2:30 p.m. at the Rond-Point du Séquestre
- Bordeaux: Demonstration at 12 p.m. Place de la Bourse
- Mulhouse: Demonstration at 10 a.m. Square de la Bourse
- Rouen: Demonstration at 10 a.m. Cours Clémenceau
- Toulouse: Demonstration at 10 a.m. – Saint-Cyprien
- Nice: Demonstration at 10 a.m. at the Jardins Albert 1er
- Belfort: Demonstration at 10 a.m. at La Maison du Peuple
- Caen: Demonstration at 10:30 a.m. Place Saint-Pierre
- Montpellier: Demonstration at 11 a.m. Place Zeus
- Lille: Demonstration at 2 p.m. Porte de Paris
- Grenoble: Demonstration at 10 a.m. Avenue Alsace-Lorraine / Jean Jaurès
- Reims: Demonstration at 10 a.m. at the Maison des Syndicats (15 bd de la paix)
- Lyon: Demonstration at 2 p.m. in front of the Tobacco Factory
- Poitiers: Demonstration at 2 p.m. Place de France
- Nantes: Torchlight demonstration at 6:30 p.m. at the water mirror
- Béziers: Demonstration at 10 a.m. at the Labor Exchange
- Le Mans: Demonstration at 1:30 p.m. at the Maison des Syndicats
- Limoges: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at Carrefour Tourny
- Strasbourg: Demonstration at 2 p.m. Avenue de la Liberté
- Nancy: Demonstration at 4 p.m. Place du Marché
The course of the demonstration in Paris
This Thursday, the Parisian demonstration will leave from Place de la Bastille around 2 p.m. to head for Place d’Italie, where the demonstrators will be dispersed. An order of processions has been completed, in this order for the union delegations on site: UNSA, Youth, CFE-CGC, CFDT, CFTC, Solidaires, FO, CGT, FSU.
The city of Tarn will become the capital of the protest with the presence of union leaders on February 16. The eight leaders of the majority unions will be present, including Philippe Martinez of the CGT, Laurent Berger of the CFDT and Frédéric Souillot of FO. They chose this city “to support the strong anchoring of this movement everywhere on the territory, in the small towns as in the biggest ones” specified a communicated.
The departure will be from the town of Le Séquestre towards Le Vigan from 2:30 p.m. The organizers are counting on a participation of between 30,000 and 40,000 people present. A very high number therefore including the presence of surrounding municipalities because Albi has 50,000 inhabitants.
The course of the event in Nantes
As specified by West France, the event in Nantes this Thursday, February 16 will take place in the evening with torches. The journey will be shorter than the other days, the meeting will take place at the water mirror but will not go to the island of Nantes (to the naves) but will stop at the level of the CHU.
The route of the mobilization in Lyon
The procession will leave at 2 p.m. from the Manufacture des tabacs, informed the local media Lyon-Capital. The route will not pass by the Hôtel Dieu, but will go in a straight line passing through the Cours Gambetta and the Place Antonin Poncet, ending at the Place Bellecour.
Route of the procession in Rennes
In Rennes, the course is the same as during the last event. Protesters will leave at 11 a.m. from Place de Bretagne, passing through Boulevard de la Tour-d’Auvergne, Boulevard du Colombier, Esplanade Charles-de-Gaulle, Avenue Janvier and République indicated West France.
How many demonstrators are expected by the authorities?
According to the authorities whose France info was able to consult the estimates, between 450,000 to 650,000 demonstrators would be mobilized throughout France. In Paris, between 40,000 and 70,000 people would be present in the procession. These estimates are lower than those of February 11, the authorities had counted on 650,000 to 850,000 demonstrators, yet the ministry had counted around 963,000 people, a higher turnout than expected.