Home » News » Sophie Binet becomes the new leader of the CGT union amidst pension reform protests; protests across the country continue. Bordeaux airport experiences flight cancellations. Gilbert Dodogaray’s list wins midterm elections in Ambes. Safran Ceramics goes on trial for manslaughter charges. Ticket prices for the TBM network in Bordeaux will increase. Guingamp-Bordeaux football match takes place tonight. Road work will cause closures at Marmande and Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye interchanges.

Sophie Binet becomes the new leader of the CGT union amidst pension reform protests; protests across the country continue. Bordeaux airport experiences flight cancellations. Gilbert Dodogaray’s list wins midterm elections in Ambes. Safran Ceramics goes on trial for manslaughter charges. Ticket prices for the TBM network in Bordeaux will increase. Guingamp-Bordeaux football match takes place tonight. Road work will cause closures at Marmande and Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye interchanges.


03 avril 2023

The CGT has a new leader. This is Sophie Binet. This 41-year-old woman takes the reins of the union in the midst of the fight against pension reform and that will not change anything in the fight, explains Corinne Charry, secretary of the UDCGT in Lot-et-Garonne. This is a strong sign that appears naturally in the history of the Syndicate.

A new day of mobilization is scheduled for Thursday across the country. Saturday in Bordeaux, nearly 250 people demonstrated to keep up the pressure.

In this context of renewable strikes, 20% of flights are canceled at Bordeaux airport today and tomorrow. Also, this morning, yellow vests are blocking heavy goods vehicles at the level of the Campanile roundabout in Villeneuve-sur-Lot.

In South Gironde, the visit of the Minister of Health, François Braun, on April 17, is eagerly awaited. Concrete announcements are expected for the Center Hospitalier de Langon.

The Agen Guilhem Mirande takes the head of the Lot-et-Garonne Communist Party. At 34, he succeeds Frédéric Rauch as departmental secretary.

In local politics, the left won the midterm municipal elections in Ambès yesterday. Gilbert Dodogaray’s list came out on top at the polls.

A driver overturned a firefighter in the middle of an intervention in Bordeaux on the night of Friday to Saturday. The victim was slightly injured. Two complaints were filed. A man was taken into custody yesterday.

In Villeneuve-sur-Lot, a chase took place overnight from Saturday to Sunday. The police had to shoot several times to finally intercept three people.

A serious accident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Roumagne. Two vehicles collided. A 20-year-old driver was seriously injured.

During the night from Saturday to Sunday, a vehicle drove in the opposite direction towards Saint-Selve on the A62 towards Toulouse. A minor accident occurred on this occasion.

After the fire at the door of the town hall of Bordeaux, three new suspects were indicted. One of them was taken into custody. The damage of the damage is estimated at nearly three million euros according to the Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Safran Ceramics, a former “powder factory” in Saint-Médard en Jalles, was tried on Monday before the Court of Bordeaux for manslaughter after the death of a worker in a fire in December 2013. Two other employees had been badly burned.

After the fires last summer, the “Flots Bleus” campsite, on the Dune du Pilat, is reopening today. Laguna beach partially reopened to the public on Saturday.

The CDC du Bazadais has launched a call for applications to occupy the Lac de La Prade restaurant. Interested persons have until April 25 to submit an application to the community.

From July 1, the price of a ticket for a journey on the TBM network in Bordeaux will increase. It will go from 1.70 to 1.80 euros.

Still in Metropolitan France, school transport will in future be managed by the community and by Kéolis for middle and high schools. with a single price list for families.

In football, the Girondins de Bordeaux are going to Guingamp to play the 29th day of Ligue 2 tonight. An opponent to be wary of explains the coach, David Guion.

Guingamp-Bordeaux is tonight at 8:45 p.m.

Finally, two bits of information: the Marmande interchange will be closed in both directions every night of the week between 8:30 p.m. and 6 a.m., then again on April 11, 12, 13 and 14, to renovate the roadway. Diversions will be offered. Also, between 8 p.m. this evening and 6 a.m. on April 6, the entrance and exit ramps of the Saint-Aubin-de-Blaye interchange, on the A10, towards Paris, will also be closed for work.

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