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March 7th Strike in Paris: Route and Traffic Updates for Pension Reform Demonstrations

A sixth day of mobilization against the pension reform is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7. Find the route of the event in Paris. On the left bank, many axes will be closed to traffic.

This day of strikes and demonstrations on March 7 should mark a new stage in the mobilization of the unions, while the Senate is currently debating pension reform.

In Paris, the meeting is given at 2 p.m. in Sèvres-Babylone for a planned dispersal in Place d’Italie around 7 p.m.

The main procession will pass by Boulevard Raspail, Boulevard du Montparnasse, Boulevard de Port-Royal and Avenue des Gobelins. The leading square will form at the corner of boulevard Raspail and rue de Vaugirard at 11:45 a.m.

The unions intend to mobilize on Tuesday, the sixth day of action, even more than on January 31, when the police had identified 1.27 million participants and the inter-union more than 2.5 million.
Between 1.1 and 1.4 million demonstrators are expected, including 60 to 90,000 in Paris according to a police source.

The Paris Police Prefecture is setting up a specific traffic device, in particular on the Left Bank “around the event, between the boulevards Raspail, du Montparnasse, Port-Royal, Saint-Germain, de l’Hôpital, des Invalides, Auguste Blanqui, the avenues des Gobelins, de Choisy, d’Italie, d’Ivry, the Quai Saint-Bernard, Place Valhubert and around Place d’Italie, to overcome the difficulties encountered as the procession progresses. Private vehicles parked along the route or its surroundings will be subject to relocation measures“, explains the prefecture in a press release.

To access the Cochin Port-Royal hospital, you will have to take rue de la Santé from 3 p.m. The Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital will be accessible by boulevard Vincent Auriol, from 4 p.m.

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