Two days after the third major demonstration in Ajaccio where on April 3, 15 people were injured in clashes with the police and the day after a new rally under tension in Bastia, Marieemployed in a shop in Bastia, cannot help saying that she is “tired” by the turn of events. The young woman does not feel concerned by the various mobilizations “ One has the impression that the demonstrations are divided in two. Those who have their reasons and then those who take advantage of them to destroy everything, often manipulated young people,” she says.
A little further down, on Boulevard Paoli, 61-year-old cook Patrice waiting for his bus. He is not against the demonstrations of recent weeks, he ” understand ” but believes that they should have taken place ” in the calm “, without confrontation with the police.
Theo, 44 years old who runs a fish shop is especially worried about the young demonstrators. “I don’t know why I have a bad feeling, I think that after a while there will be a drama”, he regrets while assuring that he “supported the approach at the beginning but now I have the impression that it’s no longer any use, it’s too much! »
Eleanor, 26 years old think especially of the degradation in the cities of the island. “I understand the anger expressed but it deteriorates the center and it is we who are going to pay for the broken pots”. Since the beginning of the protest movement, several dozen containers have been burned on the territory. In Ajaccio, the claims on the cameras of the city amount to hundreds of thousands of euros.
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