map and figures in the main cities

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The mobilization against the pension reform was very important on Tuesday, January 31. The CGT has advanced the figure of 2.8 million demonstrators.

It is not common and therefore to emphasize, the government, the parliamentarians of the majority and the opposition, as well as the unions all agree on one point: the demonstrators were numerous in the street Tuesday January 31, 2023, to oppose pension reform. On the other hand, the figures diverge: for the authorities, nearly 1.3 million people demonstrated, for the CGT, 2.8 million people were in the processions. Whatever figure is used, it is the largest street protest since the 1995 strikes.

Update on the numbers of protesters in France on January 31, 2023:

  • Paris: 500,000 (CGT) / 87,000 according to the police
  • Marseille: 205,000 (CGT) / 40,000 according to the police
  • Toulouse: 80,000 (CGT) / 34,000 according to the police
  • Nice: 25,000 (CGT) / 7,000 according to the police
  • Lyon: 45,000 (CGT) / 25,000 according to the police
  • Bordeaux: 75,000 (CGT) / 18,500 according to the police
  • Lille: 70,000 (CGT) / 15,000 according to the police
  • Nantes: 65,000 (CGT) / 28,000 according to the police
  • Clermont Ferrand: 37,500 (CGT) / 17,000 according to the police
  • Rennes: 30,000 (CGT) / 23,000 according to the police
  • Grenoble: 40,000 (CGT) / 20,000 according to the police
  • Strasbourg: 22,000 (CGT) / 10,500 according to the police
  • Le Havre: 40,000 (CGT) / 12,000 according to the police

“It’s better than January 19, there are even more people. People say no to retirement at 64,” rejoiced Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT, as did Philippe Martinez, of the CGT, which calls for “hardening the tone”, during a speech at the start of the procession organized in Paris.

The unions announced two new days of national mobilization on February 7 and 11, calling for “multiplying actions, initiatives, meetings or general assemblies throughout the territory, in companies and services, in places of study, including by strike”.

Elisabeth Borne reacted in the evening: “The pension reform raises questions and doubts. We hear them,” she said, while indicating that the government had absolutely no intention of withdrawing its reform project. retirements.

The demonstrations of January 31, city by city

As usual, the rallies on January 31 took place throughout France, with the capital as the main rallying point. The UNSA maintains a menu interactive view of the various mobilization sites, which she agreed to share with Linternaute.

  • Paris: Demonstration at 2 p.m. on the Place d’Italie
  • Lille: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. on Place Simon Vollant, Porte de Paris
  • Lyon: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at the Tobacco factory
  • Strasbourg: Demonstration at 2 p.m., departure from avenue de la Liberté
  • Vichy: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m., on the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
  • Issoire: Demonstration at 5 p.m. on the forecourt of the Halle aux grains
  • Ambert: Demonstration at 5 p.m., Hospital
  • Valence: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m., on the Champ de Mars esplanade
  • Annecy: Demonstration at 2 p.m., at the prefecture
  • Chambéry: Demonstration at 2 p.m. on the Place du Palais de Justice
  • Briançon: Demonstration at 2 p.m., at the sub-prefecture
  • Brignoles: Demonstration at 3:30 p.m. at Raynouard high school
  • Nîmes: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. in the Jardins de la Fontaine
  • Lodève: Demonstration at 5 p.m. at the sub-prefecture
  • Narbonne: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. at the media library
  • Carcassonne: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. in the square André Chénier
  • Foix: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at the top of Vilotte
  • Dax: Demonstration at 5.30 p.m. on the Fontaine Chaude square
  • Bergerac: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. on the Place du Palais
  • Marmande: Demonstration at 2 p.m. on the Maré esplanade
  • Limoges: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at the Tourny crossroads
  • La Rochelle: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. on the forecourt of the station
  • Chartres: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m., Theater
  • Amiens: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at the Maison de la Culture
  • Dunkirk: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. at Place de la Gare
  • Épinal: Demonstration at 2 p.m. on Place Foch
  • Mulhouse: Demonstration at 1.30 p.m. in the Square de la Bourse
  • Dijon: Demonstration at 2 p.m. on the Place de la Liberation
  • Besançon: Demonstration at 2 p.m. at the Battante car park

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