Nearly 5,000 people are gathered in the procession of the May 1 event in Nantes. The CRS have been deployed in number “to ensure everyone’s safety, including the demonstrators”. The tension went up for a few minutes as the prefecture approaches before the situation becomes calm again.
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It is hot on the bitumen, the sky weighs down the atmosphere a little near the mirror of water. The CRS deployed in number carry out a meticulous excavation of all the bags for the traditional demonstration of May 1 which takes place in the city center of Nantes. “The current context is tense,” said a CRS. Another add: “It is to secure everyone, including demonstrators.”
“I was searched and the CRS asked me why I had physiological serum, tells Iouna, 18 years, surprised by this control. I told them that it was if there were ever slippages, I feared that I was hurting. They told me that if I had it it was because I had bad intentions. They kept the Phy serum … “
There are many CRS to secure the event. They carry out searches of bags. • © Dupeyrat / Ftv
On the forecourt at the foot of the castle the unions outside the CFDT are United. FO, CGT and FSU still demand the repeal of the pension reform. On the political side, LFI, environmentalists and the Communist Party are there. Youth unions are all represented with in particular the UNEF and the Pirate Union.
The signs before the procession starts. • © Dupeyrat / Ftv
The demonstrators are also preparing to parade to carry a message of peace. “Neither pattern flesh nor cannon fodder,“Can we read on the leaflets.
“The pension reform remains a topical subject, the employees have still not accepted, Claims Bernard Valin Cosecretaire FSU de Loire-Atlantique in France 3 Pays de la Loire. The other point is the increase in wages, gender equality and say no to the current austerity policy. A message of peace also with the Palestinian genocide, Ukraine and other conflicts that we are talking about less. “
“I want to send a unit message, I didn’t like it when there were several different processions,” Indicates for her part Marie-Claire, activist at the MRAP.
“Today, war is spreading in the four corners of the globe in media and general indifference, except when the interests of capital are in danger, pointed out the spokesperson for the CGT. Meanwhile, fascist ideology gains from the United States to Europe. It is therefore up to us to regroup to deal with capitalist oppression for a social republic and for the ecological urgency. “
Tension with the CRS during the May 1 event in Nantes • © Dupeyrat / Ftv
Around 12:30 p.m., a journalist from France 3 Pays de la Loire reports a charge of CRS before the Departmental Council as the prefecture and the arrests of demonstrators approaches. The situation has become more calm a few minutes later.
Around 1 p.m., the procession calmly continued its journey. • © Dupeyrat / Ftv
Around 1 p.m., the number of demonstrators is now estimated at 5,000 by our journalist on the spot.
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