Pension reform, act 14. More than a month after the last major mobilization on May 1, opponents of pension reform will return to the streets this Tuesday, June 6.
The largest demonstration should be in Paris where 40,000 to 70,000 demonstrators are expected by the police. BFM TV estimates, from a note from territorial intelligence, that “1000 radical elements (200 to 300 from the ultra left” and “ultra” yellow vests), will be present in the capital this Tuesday.
France Blue indicates that “400,000 to 600,000 people are expected throughout France to participate in the 250 events organized”. As a reminder, the pension reform was enacted in mid-April while in Official newspaperthe first two implementing decrees were published on Sunday 4 June.
Where did the June 6 demonstrations take place?
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:
- Bordeaux : departure from procession at 12 p.m. Place de la Bourse
- 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
- 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
In Paris, the demonstration starts from the Place des Invalides
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 large police force planned
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. 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.