Railway workers occupy the “Centorial” in Paris, a building that houses companies
The railway workers got out of the metro and arrived at the Centorial in Paris. This building was for several years the headquarters of Crédit Lyonnais. Today, companies occupy the place.
A hundred people, including several unions, are on site and continue to sing their anti-reform slogan, accompanied by smoke bombs.
An action carried out in the Gare de Lyon metro by the demonstrators
A hundred demonstrators are currently carrying out an action at the Gare de Lyon. They had agreed to meet at the end of track 23 as during previous mobilizations.
They crossed the Gare de Lyon and are now in the metro to carry out a “symbolic” action on line 14. Slogans against the pension reform are sung.
In Vanves, young people gather in front of the Michelet high school without blocking it
The operation of many schools in the Ile-de-France region is disrupted this Thursday morning. This is the case in Vanves at Lycée Michelet. Since 7:30 this morning, about 250 young people have gathered.
This is the second day of mobilization this week in this high school.
High school and college students who want to go to class can do so, but other young people and some teachers are gathered in front of the establishment to demonstrate against the pension reform.
“The youth is still there, it is mobilized (…) Our demands are always the same, a withdrawal from the reform”, indicates Luban Moisson-Deruelle, member of the council of high school life at the microphone of BFMTV, which also ensures “fight” to warn about the climate and “against the reform of the bac”.
Several metro stations closed due to the protest
The police headquarters has asked the RATP to close several metro stations which are in the way of the procession. On line 13, the Varenne, Saint-François Xavier and Champs-Elysées Clémenceau stations are closed to the public from 11:00 a.m. The trains do not mark the stop.
Same thing on line 1, the Champs-Elysées Clémenceau station is not served from 11:00 am. Finally, on line 12, the Assemblée Nationale and Solférino stations are also closed to the public at the same time.
All these stations will reopen on authorization from the police.
Orlybus departures and arrivals postponed to Cité-Universitaire
This afternoon’s demonstration in the capital will pass through Place Denfert-Rochereau. For this reason, “all departures and arrivals of the Orlybus line are postponed to Cité-Universitaire”.
The line normally serves the airport at Place Denfert-Rochereau.
Action underway at Natixis headquarters in Paris
An action has been underway since 8:30 this morning at the headquarters of the Natixis financial institution in Paris, according to the Attac France association. “Against the pension reform and against tax evasion, the inter-union of Ivry and Attac France are taking action at the headquarters of Natixis”, details the association in a tweet.
The entrance to the building is blocked and a rally takes place inside.
Blockages at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport
A blocking operation started at 9 a.m. this Thursday by demonstrators at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, noted a journalist from BFMTV. The two entrance corridors to Terminal 1 are blocked by these. Another action takes place in the airport.
“The message is clear: until the withdrawal (of the pension reform) (…) Roissy is a strategic point, it is the second airport in Europe”, explains Nordine Kebbache of the CGT Local Unit Roissy , at the microphone of BFMTV.
The demonstrators present on the spot are mostly employees of Roissy, but also people working in education. All around the airport, CRS are present.
The blocked Ivry-sur-Seine waste incinerator
The waste incinerator in Ivry-sur-Seine has been blocked since early this morning by demonstrators. “Many people at the citizen blockade of the largest incinerator in Europe in Ivry-sur-Seine this morning”, welcomes LFI MP Mathilde Panot on Twitter.
According to Le Média, between 50 and 100 people are present.
Several schools blocked in Paris
According to Eléonore Schmitt of the Student Union at BFMTV, several Parisian high schools and universities are blocked this Thursday morning. These are the Lycées Henri IV and Louis le Grand. In the 10th arrondissement, the Lycée Colbert is also blocked.
The Sorbonne and Assas universities are also blocked by young demonstrators. Garbage cans and grids were stacked in Assas to prevent access to buildings for students, according to Internet users.
Laurent Nuñez defends the action of the BRAV-M
Guest of the morning of Radio Classique this Thursday morning, the prefect of police of Paris defended the decried BRAV-M, mobilized on the ground since the beginning of the demonstrations against the pension reform.
“It’s just a law enforcement unit trained like any other,” he said. “They are more exposed because they are sent to the most violent groups,” he added.
“They always have proportionate actions. Obviously, when there are slippages and there are very, very few, we launch investigations and we can go as far as a judicial decision,” he argued.
Laurent Nuñez also indicated that “forty judicial inquiries” have been opened since the beginning of the social movement against the pension reform, the majority of which concern Paris.
Porte d’Ivry closed due to a demonstration on the ring road
Sytadin announces that the exit to Porte d’Ivry on the southern ring road has been closed since 7:40 a.m. due to a demonstration.
“Currently, the exit to Porte d’Ivry on the inner roadway is closed to traffic for an indefinite period”, details the traffic observatory.
At 8 o’clock, Sytadin counts nearly 300 kilometers of traffic jams, usual traffic for the hour.
4,200 police officers deployed in Paris for the demonstration
60,000 to 90,000 demonstrators are expected in Paris by the intelligence services. The presence of several hundred disruptors makes the authorities fear new incidents on the sidelines of the demonstration.
4200 police officers are mobilized to supervise the procession, it is less than on March 28 when they were 5500.
In the capital, the procession will leave the Esplanade des Invalides at 2 p.m., heading for Place d’Italie where its arrival is scheduled for around 7 p.m. As a result, traffic will be very disrupted on the entire left bank.
The police prefecture has set up an important traffic device in the sector
In order to secure the passage of the procession, the Paris police headquarters has set up a traffic device.
It extends between the boulevards of the Invalides, Montparnasse, Raspail, Saint-Jacques, Auguste Blanqui, Saint-Germain, de l’Hôpital, the avenue du Maréchal Galliéni, the quays of Orsay, Saint-Bernard as well as around places Denfert-Rochereay, Valhubert, of Italy and so the Esplanade des Invalides.
The police headquarters also specifies that private vehicles “parked along the route or its surroundings” will be moved. Motorists are urged to avoid the area.
The Paris procession will set off from the Invalides at 2 p.m.
The procession will set off from the Invalides at 2 p.m. to reach Place d’Italie.
The last Parisian demonstration against the pension reform, dated 28 mars, had started from Place de la République to reach Place de la Nation. It had brought together 450,000 demonstrators according to the CGT and 93,000 according to the police.
Slightly disrupted traffic in the metros
RATP announces “near-normal” traffic on the RER and metro networks, with the exception of a few lines for the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform.
Traffic is normal on the bus and tram networks. The Orlyval also runs normally.
Line 4 will close at 10:15 p.m. due to automation works. The lines 11 et 14 will also close earlier, at 10 p.m., due to construction.
Hello everyone
Welcome to this direct dedicated to the new day of mobilization against the pension reform which is being held today in Paris and Île-de-France.
