Pension reform, act 14. More than a month after the last major mobilization on May 1, opponents of pension reform will return to the streets this Tuesday, June 6.
The largest demonstration should be in Paris where 40,000 to 70,000 demonstrators are expected by the police. BFMTV estimates, from a territorial intelligence note, that “1000 radical elements (200 to 300 from the ultra left” and “ultra” yellow vests), will be present in the capital this Tuesday.
France Bleu indicates that “400,000 to 600,000 people are expected throughout France to participate in the 250 events organized”. As a reminder, the pension reform was promulgated in mid-April while in the Official Journal, the first two implementing decrees were published on Sunday June 4.
About 250 demonstrations are planned throughout France during the day of mobilizations on June 6. All procession departures and routes have been listed on a map by the CGT union.
The Parisian procession will leave Invalides (7th) at 2 p.m. for Place d’Italie (13th). According to Franceinfo, the Paris police headquarters expects a drop in mobilization, because it had identified 112,000 demonstrators on May 1, against 550,000 participants for the CGT. The timing of this day is symbolic: on June 8, the bill to repeal the text of the pension reform will be presented to the National Assembly.
The police are expecting moments of significant tension when the demonstrators march in front of the National Assembly, but also the restaurant La Rotonde, whose storefront was burned down last April. The procession will join the Place d’Italie by the rue Grenelle and the boulevards of Montparnasse and that of the Gobelins. Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, specified that: “11,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed on the territory, including 4,000 in Paris.”
The inter-union had concerted on May 2 to set this mobilization date. Sectors such as education and aviation will be mainly affected. Orly airport has indicated that a third of its flights are canceled. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has encouraged airlines to reduce their number of flights to limit disruption. The drop is 20% in Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Nantes.
