For a moment betrayed by the high pressure, the procession set off from the Place de la Bourse but the rain quickly gave up and everyone put away their umbrellas.
We needed a fixed point to assess the importance of the event and that’s what we did by posting ourselves at the top of rue Nancel Penard at its intersection with rue Edmond Michelet and it took an hour and fifty minutes to see parade the entire procession demonstrating that the movement remains extremely powerful, which has led to the elimination of eight out of ten TGVs and a 30 percent drop in air traffic. Now we are going to witness the battle of figures because the CGT announces 100,000 demonstrators but beyond the figures it is the image that this demonstration can leave in a good-natured atmosphere with many elderly people and also young people, students )s and high school students, all this smells of the sixties formulated on the signs by “you put us 64 we will put you 68” which could happen if the strike widens and the young people return in the dance. It must be remembered that when young people get involved, reforms fail. There is still a very clear rejection of this reform and we remain a little confused when we realize that finding a job after fifty years is a hassle and we want to work until 64 years. Wouldn’t it be essential to think about giving everyone a job before talking about pensions?
- The message is clear
We came close to an incident at one point when the helmeted CRS with the shield forward showed the tip of their noses in rue Villeneuve, but they wisely retreated and everything was back to normal quickly. Overall the demonstration went well, without scuffles and for the participation between the 16,000 from the prefecture and the 100,000 announced by the CGT, it is the big difference and to have a figure which corresponds to reality we add the two and we divide by two which gives a fair estimate of sixty thousand. The procession returned almost to its starting point because a covered podium was installed in front of the eco-citizen house for the unions to express themselves and while waiting for music to maintain the atmosphere. It is certain that the government has reached an impasse and particularly Macron, who is seeking at all costs to succeed in this reform, especially since he will not be able to do more, and the official number of demonstrators of 1.28 million shows that the mobilization remains complete and we will have to wait for the rest because the unions are preparing the rest, the strike being renewable. what is undeniable is that the mobilization in Bordeaux was greater than the last demonstration which had already burst the ceiling and according to the inter-union, it intends to manifest itself during the day of women who are particularly affected by this reform.
Some pictures of the day
- A protesting dog
- Not stupid!
- Macron is regularly pinned
- Suggestions
- A little humor is good!
