On the eve of a new day of mobilization, the scars of the violent demonstrations against the pension reform are still clearly visible in the city center of Rennes. On March 16, after the announcement of the use of 49.3 by the Government, several hundred people marched and ransacked part of the old center. Many businesses had been damaged and a clothing store looted.
The Town Hall had also been the target of thugs with the start of a fire which had broken out in front of the doors of the building. Several windows had been broken and tags inscribed on the facade, some of which specifically targeted Mayor Nathalie Appéré.
She calls on Macron to “get out of this spiral”
Following this night of violence, the city has, as always, filed a complaint for the degradations committed on the town hall. The elected socialist also filed a complaint in her own name for “threat of crime or offense against persons or property against a public elected official”, we learned from the prosecution.
After new scenes of violence and chaos last week in the streets of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré reacted strongly, calling on Emmanuel Macron to “get out of this spiral. »