- Many French people will be on strike this Thursday. What to expect for this eleventh day of mobilization against pension reform? We take stock.
- This new day of action comes the day after a short meeting between Elisabeth Borne and the inter-union to try to find common ground. A meeting that ended in “failure”.
- If fewer people are expected in the streets – between 600,000 and 800,000 people – the Ministry of the Interior will deploy an important security device: more than 11,000 police and gendarmes will oversee the demonstrations throughout France.
14 h 31 – Eight people arrested
From the start of the Parisian demonstration, eight people were arrested, said the Paris police headquarters.
14 h 23 – The Parisian procession has left
It was from the Esplanade des Invalides that the Parisian procession left, the unions in the lead. They took the direction of the Place d’Italie. He set off, for the moment, calmly.
14 h 16 – Justice suspends the requisition order at the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville
The administrative court of Rouen ordered, in summary, the suspension, from Thursday 12:30 p.m., of the decree of requisition of strikers from the TotalEnergies refinery of Gonfreville-l’Orcher, in Seine-Maritime. In his order, the judge in chambers considered that this prefectural decree “carried a serious and manifestly illegal attack on the right to strike”, the prefecture of Seine-Maritime having in particular not demonstrated that a need for fuel was not not satisfied “for public service purposes”.
13 h 44 – “There is no other way out than withdrawal”, insists Sophie Binet (CGT)
For her first demonstration as general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet considered that the government “acts as if nothing had happened” and “lives in a parallel reality”. “There is no other way out than the withdrawal of this reform”, she hammered, denouncing a “bunkerized government” and in “break with the country”. According to her, the “ability to lead the country is called into question”.
13 h 18 – Sophie Binet (CGT) refuses to speak to CNews
Present in the procession against the pension reform, Sophie Binet, general secretary of the CGT, refused to speak at the microphone of CNews. “I address all the media that guarantee freedom of expression and pluralism,” she said.
13 h 14 – Laurent Berger (CFDT) “will recognize the decision” of the Constitutional Council
He is at the start of the Parisian demonstration. Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT, discussed the decision of the Constitutional Council expected next Friday. He announced that he will respect this decision. “There are quite a few possible scenarios and we will advise accordingly. There is no question of contesting the legitimacy of the Constitutional Council. »
12 h 55 – Railway workers in front of the National Assembly
After its irruption in the premises of BlackRock, the procession of a hundred railway workers now presents itself in front of the National Assembly. Apart from a few firecrackers, there would be no damage on site.
12 h 32 – Railway workers occupy a building that houses the headquarters of BlackRock
On this eleventh day of mobilization, railway workers entered the Centorial in Paris. This building was for several years the head office of Crédit Lyonnais. Today, companies occupy the place, including BlackRock, the asset manager. BlackRock represents the “symbol” of what the unions denounce. The action aims to “give visibility to the fight” and to “denounce pension funds”.
12 h 14 – The Vogelgrun hydroelectric power station (Haut-Rhin) shut down, navigation on the Rhine interrupted
About thirty demonstrators shut down the Vogelgrun hydroelectric power station (Haut-Rhin) this Wednesday, around 10 p.m., according to information from France 3 Alsace and BFMTV. Navigation on the Rhine is currently interrupted, according to local journalists. The situation on site is calm.
11 h 40 – 8% of strikers in schools
According to figures from the Ministry of National Education published at midday, nearly 8% of teachers are on strike this Thursday, as part of the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform. In detail, 7.97% of teachers are on strike, including 7.87% in primary and 8.06% in secondary, according to the ministry.
10 h 57 – Rennes: the ring road blocked
Blockades by demonstrators opposed to the pension reform took place Thursday morning on the Rennes ring road, where traffic tended to become more fluid in the middle of the morning, and the Rennes law faculty was closed, we learned. from consistent sources.
At the height of the demonstration, the three blocking points on the RN136, the Rennes ring road, which closed the way in both directions of traffic to the north and south of Rennes, “generated significant traffic jams on the ring road ( approximately 25-30 km of traffic jams) and its penetrating traffic”, coming from Caen, Nantes and Angers. Around 10:30 a.m., traffic had become fluid again on the ring road.
10 h 44 – Blocked universities and high schools
Some high schools and universities are subject to blockages, for example in Paris, on the sites of the Sorbonne and Assas. In Rennes, the faculty of law was closed by its dean. The three campuses of Lyon-2 University are also closed.
In Corbeil-Essonnes, Farida Amrani, Nupes deputy of 91, participated in the blocking of the Robert-Doisneau high school.
10 h 20 – Sophie Binet joins the Storengy strikers
As announced, the new general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, is in Gournay-sur-Aronde (Oise) to support the strikers at Storengy, which specializes in gas storage. LFI deputy François Ruffin is already there.
09 h 25 – Blocking at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport
The two entrance corridors to Terminal 1 are blocked by protesters. This operation started this Thursday at 9 a.m. at the instigation of demonstrators at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. Another action takes place in the airport.
09 h 10 – The meeting with Elisabeth Borne was “an important step”, assures Olivier Dussopt
The meeting between the Prime Minister and the inter-union was “an important step”, judges Olivier Dussopt on RMC-BFMTV, and not a failure in his eyes. “It is always useful to dialogue. »
An opinion which is not shared by the inter-union. On the steps of Matignon, the unions were disappointed with their meeting with Elisabeth Borne. Sophie Binet, new secretary general of the CGT, said: “We found in front of us an obtuse, radicalized and disconnected government. »
08 h 25 – 6.95% of service stations with a shortage of at least one of the fuels
This Wednesday morning, 6.95% of service stations were short of at least one of the fuels (gasoline and / or diesel) they offered on March 1, according to the analysis of data from the government price website. fuels.
This Tuesday, the Esso-ExxonMobil oil group announced the restart of production at its Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon refinery. The neighboring refinery of TotalEnergies, in Gonfreville-l’Orcher, is the only one whose production is still stopped because of the strike.
