FEBRUARY 16 DEMONSTRATION. This Thursday new strikes and demonstrations are planned against the pension reform throughout France. More than 200 rallies are planned in the country.
This Thursday, February 16 will therefore be the fifth day of mobilization against the pension reform. This date is not insignificant because it is the day before the end of the examination of the bill in the National Assembly before being studied in the Senate on March 7. This date of March 7 will also be a day of mobilization, the unions have warned that they are ready to “bring France to a halt in all sectors” on this date if the government and deputies “remain deaf”. For the moment the first meeting places for the day of February 16 have been announced.
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.
- Rennes: Demonstration at 11 a.m. Place de Bretagne
- Lille: Demonstration at 2 p.m. Porte de Paris
- Grenoble: Demonstration at 10 a.m. Avenue Alsace-Lorraine / Jean Jaurès
- 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
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 as far as 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.