Live: 6th event in a month against the labor law – Le Monde

A Toulouse event just ended, according our reporter on site:

• About 1 700 according to the prefecture, protesting Saturday midday in Rennes against the labor law, a marked parade by clashes with police which prevented access to the historic center, was a journalist for Agence France Presse.

• the security forces used to repeatedly tear gas and stun grenades against young people trying to access the historical downtown core of the city, the town hall square and Parliament of Britain. the CRS also charged, found the AFP, including “to be released” when they were “attacked by extremely violent elements using smoke bombs and projectiles” against them, said the prefecture.

• Scores of people were inconvenienced by the gas, the procession consisting mostly of employees, families with children, pensioners. “We’re sick of being gassed, complained Isabelle, a young retired telecoms. It is disproportionate “ , she said, as protesters continued to march shortly before 13 hours.

• the prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine Patrick Strzoda banned earlier this week any demonstration in the historic center of Rennes, and any Parliament Square rally, justifying its ban by the need to protect this area of ​​great heritage value.

• the demonstrators began to gather Saturday mid-morning on the esplanade Charles de Gaulle, near the historical center, under the banners of FO, CGT, South of the CNT and the anarchist Federation. They were joined by youth and students, some wearing carnival masks or balaclavas, which were placed at the head of the gathering. “Under the ashes, embers still burning,” “the objective conditions are met” could be read on banners. “

• for several weeks, Rennes is the scene of protests against labor law, some protesters not hesitating to invade including railway tracks, forcing the train to stop train traffic.

While opponents down again in the Saturday street, the bill supported by the Minister of working Myriam El Khomri continues its legislative path.

• members of the social Affairs Committee concluded today its review, making changes, especially on the most controversial measures: clarification of redundancies, said agreements “offensive”, business referendums. . .

• with this reform, the government wants to limit the brakes on hiring to try to reduce mass unemployment, but the project, even amended, is deemed “too liberal” by his critics, who fear increased job insecurity

• next stage. the text will be debated in the Chamber at from May 3

the demonstration collected 1 350 people according to police, 3,000 according to the organizers. 31, they were 5000 according to police and 8000 according to the organizers. Many students, high school students and teachers were absent due to school holidays fell organizers.

RENNES. daily West France reported clashes between student protesters and police in Rennes.

According to a first point on the mobilization of France Info at midday the France Bleu stations and offices of Radio France were accounting:

– less than 3 000 people in Saint Etienne

-” thousands ” Toulouse

– about 1500 in Nimes

– more than 1 300 people in Pau

– between 1 000 1 500 in Strasbourg

– a thousand demonstrators in Poitiers

– 600 demonstrators in Chambery

– a hundred Gueret

Saint -Etienne, Toulouse, Nimes, Pau, Strasbourg, Lorient, Poitiers, Montpellier. . . the first processions marched this morning in several cities in France before the event in Paris, which will start at 14h in Republic square. Photos:

in Paris, young people are given an appointment at 11 Place de la Nation. the speaking began. They will then join their elders in a procession which starts at 14h from the Republic square in the direction of the nation.

several processions have already slender-and-already this morning in several provincial cities including Montpellier, Nîmes, Pau, Nice, Reims, Sens. . .

In Paris, young people have appointments at 11 am instead of the nation. They will then join their elders in a procession which starts at 14h from the Republic square in the direction of the nation, behind Philip Martinez (CGT), Jean-Claude Mailly (FO) and William Martinet (UNEF) in particular, according to Agence France-Presse.

• in calling for the first time to pass a weekend, opponents of the text hope to broaden the movement to the families and to all those who are not in ability to mobilize week. L are school holidays in zone A and B are, however, fear a drop in mobilization.

• Since March 9, the supporters of a withdrawal of the text organized five days of action, two of them involving young people and workers. The last day unit, March 31, attracted between 390 000 and 1.2 million protesters through France, nearly double that of the 9.

• the processions were also interspersed with violence, including 177 arrests on April 5 during a day at the initiative of the only youth organizations.

• Whatever the extent of the mobilization this Saturday, another day of protest is to already scheduled for April 28th.

Hello and welcome to this live covering the new day of mobilization against the bill on the reform of the labor code. More than 200 demonstrations and rallies are planned throughout France, the call of the Inter (CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, Unef , UNL, Fidl), which is expected to “massive mobilization”.