The mobilization is up from the last day of demonstrations on February 16, according to the unions.
About 30,000 people gathered on Tuesday in Strasbourg to demonstrate against the pension reform project, according to the CGT. A mobilization up from February 16, when the union had identified between 8,000 and 10,000 people.
This Tuesday in Strasbourg, the demonstrators were 9,500 according to police figures, published by the prefecture.
In Mulhouse, 10,000 people demonstrated in the streets this Tuesday afternoon according to the unions, 7,500 according to the police. Figures up from the last demonstrations.
Heavy traffic disruption on the rails on Wednesday
At the national level, the sixth day of mobilization against the pension reform brought together 1.28 million demonstrators according to a count made by the Ministry of the Interior and 3.5 million according to the CGT union, more than the record of 31 January.
In Alsace, railway workers are renewing the strike movement for this Wednesday. Traffic will therefore remain severely disrupted on the TER lines in the Grand-Est region.
