This Wednesday, March 15 will be a new day of national mobilization against the pension reform. Where are the main gathering places?
Act 8 this Wednesday, March 15. This day will again be an opportunity for opponents to take to the streets against the pension reform. The date chosen in the calendar is not insignificant because corresponds to a new stage in the legislative examination, the passage of the reform in a joint joint committee which will bring together 7 deputies and 7 senators. A legislative procedure which is therefore moving at high speed, which will not be the case for trains which should, for the most part, always be at a standstill.
Thus, on March 15, in addition to the extension of the strike movements, the demonstrations will resume throughout the country until the withdrawal of the reform, warn the unions. “Our fight is that the text does not pass and if it passed, it would be endangering democracy”, warned the secretary general of the CGT on BFM TV.
Where are the demonstrations scheduled for Wednesday, March 15?
As usual, some unions are preparing an interactive map with the places of events planned in the country like the CGT. All the gatherings are not yet fixed but here is the list of the main meeting points this Wednesday, March 15:
- Paris: Demonstration in the afternoon; route to be defined
- Marseille: Demonstration at 10:30 a.m. from the Old Port
- Toulouse: Demonstration in 3 p.m. from Saint-Cyprien
- La Rochelle: Demonstration at 2.30 p.m. on the forecourt of the station
- Montpellier: Demonstration at 10:30 a.m. Place Zeus
- Rennes: Demonstration at 11 a.m. Place de Bretagne
- Lille: Demonstration at 2:30 p.m. Porte de Paris
- Le Havre: Demonstration at 10 a.m. Maison des Syndicats
- Rouen: Demonstration at 10 a.m. from Cours Clémenceau
This list is completed as the unions release the places of gatherings such as Paris, which is still being validated.