Pension reform: the use of 49.3 “moved the protest to a new dimension”, the regional press emphasizes

Unannounced demonstrations, blocked oil depots, stopped waste collection, blocked the road, fights… After the government used 49.3 in the National Assembly, Thursday, March 16, to accept the pension reform, then rejecting it on Monday with two censure motions, social protests in France It grows everywhere.

Ahead of the ninth day of the national mobilization scheduled for Thursday, the regional daily press will convey the anger of the protestors and their various actions.

Occasional almost daily promotions throughout the area

In particular, in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) statement 49.3 “The protest in the pink city took it to a new dimension” noted dispatching In Tuesday’s article. Thus, since last Thursday, “Meetings in all directions are held by collectives”. Trade unions also continue and strengthen the protest in a less radical form. with “Strike Pickets” or even “Block companies”. Suffice it to say daily that from now on, “The protest is taking place on two fronts.

Demonstrators in Lyon (Ron). “Say they’re even more determined after this setback” write progress On Tuesday evening, when “Actions [multipliaient] We are waiting for Thursday »as in Annecy (Haute-Savoie), where, “Despite the two censure motions not being passed, the mobilization is still as strong on the streets.” was inside The freed Dauphin Monday.

Smaller rallies are also taking place daily in smaller towns such as Agen (Lot-e-Garonne), Rodez (Aveyron) or Tarascon-sur-Ariege (Ariege), where 250 demonstrators mobilized in front of the prefecture on Monday. ” at first “, Trimming her toilet paper nets, respectively Dispatchto the sound of the slogan “We will not give up, we will not give up, we will not give up.”

Clashes, degradation and arrests

Other newspapers in the regional press report clashes between police and opponents, partly during undeclared gatherings, such as in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), where Clashes with “Small groups of Protestants” Happened on Monday evening and Tuesday evening, more than once, he tells us Mt, or in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), where Republican East Testifies to the dispersal techniques police are using to end clashes on Monday and Tuesday.

in Rennes (Ile-e-Villen), Telegram describes mobilization “punctual with clashes” 400 fishermen on Wednesday, with “The tractor drove, without a driver, on the police”. Daily life in Brest (Finistère) leads to a “riot scene” It’s Tuesday again “painful” for the local population, while Western France conversation “The collision is more intense than usual” Tuesday evening in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique).

On the same day, in the north of France, an action was held in Lille “quiet at first”But “Under enormous pressure from the police”followed by a dispersion that “Made with great confusion, resulting in urban degradation and arrests”Accordingly the voice of the north.

Barrier filtering, bypass blocking, “free to pay” operations

In a different style of mobilization, sometimes led by only a few demonstrators, filter roadblocks are multiplying on French territory, for example in Carhaix (Finistere), where a blockade action was organized on Tuesday. « Roundabout in front of the entrance » by the factory “A Dozen Demonstrators”in order to “Raising awareness about the cancellation of the pension reform”. “Spontaneous gathering that may repeat itself in the coming days,” Note Western France.

The same case in Nîmes (Garde), where the western exit of the city was blocked for an hour on Wednesday morning. Free lunch, or “At the entrance to Vichy”, in Allier, where a dozen demonstrators temporarily blocked a roundabout in a commercial area on Tuesday, according to Mt. The regional newspaper says that access to the postal center in Geret (Crew) was blocked by twenty demonstrators the day before.

In addition, according to DispatchThe “free tax” operation was carried out on Tuesday morning by the Hautes-Pyrénées union, west of Tarbes, where there were about a hundred activists. “Even higher than ever” distributed booklets on taxes, “Calling for a demonstration this Thursday”.

Immobilization of stations and ports

Wednesday in Saint-Nazaire, surgery “dead port” continued in the port area, with “Actions [qui] It started at 4 o’clock in the morning on different circuits” And port blocking is maintained in both directions, depending Western France.

Except Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), Wednesday, blocking “surprise” The tracks of certain stations also happened in small towns, such as in Moulins (Allier), where a hundred demonstrators stormed the station’s sounds, on Tuesday, at the end of the day, we are told. Mt. On Monday, barricades were also erected at Briud station (Haute-Loire). “Barring access to SNCF station car park with clear messages: ‘No to pension reform’, ‘Macron’s resignation'”, According to the regional daily.

Share stocks in energy and refineries

The energy and oil sectors, which have been highly mobilized since the start of the social conflict, have also intensified their mobilization in recent days. With new targeted power outages such as Aurillac (Cantal), where the activity zone, “Which includes factories, car dealerships, large retailers, hotels and various small traders were plunged into darkness in the early hours of the day.”Wednesday morning, he says Mt.

In Annecy, the Enedis site in Meythet has been blocked since Monday. “Hanging from a basket, a mannequin dressed in Enedis overalls and a white hard hat overlooks a barrage of the manager’s employees.” story The freed Dauphin.

While several refineries are blocked and fuel shortages are expected in certain regions, in Aubenas (Arde), on Tuesday morning, “Fifty Demonstrators” The CGT blocked access to the petrol station on the N102 for two hours The freed DauphinBy evening, one of Breton’s three oil depots, at Vern-sur-Seille (Île-et-Villen), near Rennes, was still blocked. Western France.

“The demands of the striking employees from Monday to Tuesday night had a detonator effect”. In front of the Fos-sur-Mer oil depot (Bouches-du-Rhône), according to good morningwhere there is mobilization “turned into a confrontation” between the strikers and the police. “CGT activists, especially in Bouches-du-Rhône, are already “warming up” for the government to approve pension reform under Article 49.3 of the Constitution. gathered at the entrance of the site immediately after the announcement, before the event transformed in the late morning “In a real siege, during violent interactions between demonstrators and police forces; For some, throwing stones, and for the latter, tear gas grenades.”

Stationary waste collection

In addition to Paris and Le Havre, the waste treatment centers of several French municipalities are immobilized. The freed Dauphin In particular, it tells about the mobilization of the guards of three waste centers in Annemasse (Haute-Savoie), “at the end”. These will be closed “again [leur site] This Thursday, March 23, because of the strike.”

Rouen’s waste treatment center has been closed for several days and will remain so “till saturday”reports Western France.

He was in Marseille “Around the Garbage Collectors” to join the protest movement, he says Provence, Tuesday: “The mobilization was at the initial stage. Now it’s well and truly launched. »