France: about 200 arrests held in the morning on a trip of blocks and strikes throughout the country

The first actions of the popular “Bloquons Tout” mobilization (we block everything), emerged on social networks, began to spread on Wednesday (10). However, they seem to be largely contained due to the strong presence of security forces. About 200 arrests were made throughout France, the French interior minister Bruno Retailleau announced in a press conference.

The first actions of the popular “Bloquons Tout” mobilization (we block everything), emerged on social networks, began to spread on Wednesday (10). However, they seem to be largely contained due to the strong presence of security forces. About 200 arrests were made throughout France, the French interior minister Bruno Retailleau announced in a press conference.

According to the data issued by the Paris police, 132 people were arrested in the metropolitan region of the capital. The Minister of the Interior, who is leaving the assignment and is also president of the party Les Républican (LR), has accused “the extreme left wing” of having “kidnapped” this mobilization.

The reform of social security, the budget, the choice of the Prime Minister are among the questions under discussion. “Nothing works,” says Chloé, a 25-year-old student, who refused to reveal his surname, in front of a blocking point on the Pal-Sabatier campus of Toulouse University in southwestern France.

“Popular lessons are the most affected. The people who are already sacrificing to work must now open even more hand from their well -being to balance their budget when there were alternatives,” he explains.

In various regions of the country, actions have begun, although without achieving strategic objectives. In most cases, they have been quickly neutralized by the preventive action of the security forces. In Marseille, in the south of France, for example, the agents previously positioned prevented about 200 people from accessing the Tolone motorway.

Already at 5:30 in the morning, about thirty people blocked a roundabout for access to a commercial area in Petite Forêt, near Valencennes, in northern France.

“Other revolutionaries on Facebook”

“The operation was kept secret to prevent the security forces from reciting before. The idea was to surprise,” says Cédric Brun, an operator of machines and general secretary of the CGT Union on the 46 -year -old PSA Valenciennes. But the number of participants was below: “We thought we would be more. The sad thing is that there are more revolutionaries on Facebook than on the streets”.

Bruno Retailleau had already reported the position of the government, observing that 80,000 policemen and gendarmes were mobilized across the country, 6,000 in Paris, with clear orders: not to tolerate violence, plunders, blocks or professions of essential infrastructures.

At 9:30, the military police represented 154 shares in their area of ​​competence, with about 4,000 demonstrators. The Paris police reported 95 arrests in the metropolitan region, while eight other arrests occurred in the internal cities. An interministerial crisis cell was installed at 9:00 in the Ministry of the Interior.

One of the most impact actions occurred in Caen, in which the demonstrators set fire to the objects on the Calix viaduct, according to an AFP photographer. In other locations, the blocks have been quickly canceled by the authorities, such as Bordeaux, in one of the deposits of the tram network.

Transport: Disorders and sabotage

In Paris, public transport must face moderate disorders, but compliance with forecasts, according to public transport companies in the Parisian region (Ratp). The subway and buses operate normally, while the rer B-C cross crosses île-de-france and connects to Charles-de-Gaulle, is partially affected, with two trains for each three circulating.

The Sncf railway company confirmed that the mornings recorded in the morning were scheduled in the transport plan, but two sabotage acts at night caused further interruptions. The SNCF has announced that investigations are underway and that causes will be taken.

The Ministry of Transport also reported excesses, such as the Access Gates lock stations, the launch of fireworks on rails and palettes placed on the streets between Rennes and Redon.

To the Parisian airports, so far no significant disorder has been recorded, according to the airport administration (ADP). However, there is continuous monitoring due to the unpredictability of the movement. The Ministry of Transport warns possible delays during the morning, in particular in access to Nantes airport and public transport in Toulouse.

Blocks in schools

Several schools have been temporarily blocked, especially in Paris, Montpellier and Rennes. The mobilizations of the students were also recorded in Paris, Rennes, Grenoble, Montpellier, Lyon, Mulhouse and Nice, according to the Student Union.

“Block our school is to block national education. This represents education as Macron wants it to be,” says Lucia, 17 years old, a first year student Claude Monet, in the 13th district of Paris.

Yellow Jackets

This horizontal movement, without a defined and born leadership on social networks, recalls the yellow jackets seven years ago, but brings together more politicized young people, according to a study by the Jean Jaurès Foundation.

The group disputes the austerity measures announced in July by François Bayrou and refuses the political elites, in particular President Emmanuel Macron. The movement has a partial support of the unions.

The CGT and Solidaires unions have convened their members to join, while CFDT and Fo preferred to focus on the intersindic journey scheduled for 18. However, some local sections mobilized, such as Rochelle, where the municipal agents have blocked the urban cleaning depot and, in the corner (Pirineus Atlantic), where the CGT keeps a strike in front of the plant in front of the plant in front of the plant Dassault, Aviation.

There is also a partial convergence with the agricultural sector. The peasant confederation, the third largest French agricultural union, has announced its participation.

“I am deeply disgusted by the policy that was conducted,” says Thomas Maurice, spokesman for the peasant confederation at the Côte-D’or, who will participate in a demonstration on Wednesday afternoon in Digione.

(With AFP)

Source: Terra

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