The unions call a new day of mobilizations for April 13, according to the media
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At least 20 people have been arrested this Thursday in Paris as part of the demonstrations against the pension reform, which have mobilized nearly 400,000 people in the French capital, according to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), while the Ministry of the Interior has estimated 57,000 attendees.
Despite the fact that the march has been peaceful, there have been some incidents and moments of tension after the protesters unleashed a fire in a restaurant at the height of the boulevard Montparnasse or in Raspail, where the window of a bank was damaged, according to reported the newspaper ‘Le Parisien’.
The Paris Police headquarters has reported, on the other hand, that several agents have been injured, including a police officer who has been treated in a hospital after receiving a blow to the helmet with a cobblestone.
The attendance at the demonstrations, which have been carried out in different parts of France throughout the day, has been lower than the previous appointments. Thus, according to the Ministry of the Interior, 570,000 people have participated in 570 acts compared to the 740,000 protesters counted on March 28, as reported by TF1 Info.
Throughout this Thursday there have been several incidents such as destruction of urban furniture, shop windows and banks, which has motivated the response of the Police in Nantes, where 23 people have been arrested in the context of clashes with the Police.
The demonstration in Nantes has brought together 15,000 people, according to police data, a figure that has been raised by the unions to 50,000. The same scenario has been repeated in other parts of France, such as Lyon or Bordeaux, where the French security forces have dispersed the protesters with tear gas.
According to information collected by the French media, the main unions will organize a new day of mobilizations next Thursday, April 13, on the eve of the Constitutional Council ruling on the pension reform.
