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In Toulouse, the May 1 procession will leave from Place Esquirol at 10:30 a.m. this Wednesday. The demonstrators will take rue Alsace, as they cannot reach the boulevards via rue de Metz, which is under construction. A break is planned at Square De Gaulle, behind the Capitol, for a wreath-laying in front of the stele of Jean-Jaurès. Then the parade will leave towards the boulevards to Arnaud-Bernard. Last year, in the midst of protests against pension reform, May 1 was heavily mobilized with, in Toulouse, 13,500 demonstrators according to the police and 100,000 according to the unions.
The demonstration was the scene of much violence. This year, an inter-union made up of the CGT, the CFDT, FSU, Solidaire and the Unsa will open the procession. FO, the CFE-CGC and the CFTC organizing events of their own, as for every May 1st. Left-wing political parties should also be present, especially on the eve of European elections.
“Union unity and left-wing forces are all the more necessary when the extreme right is at the gates of power,” underlines Cédric Caubère, general secretary of the CGT of Haute-Garonne. Some Yellow Vests, pro-Palestinian demonstrators and anti-fascist activists should also take part in the procession supervised by the organizers’ security service and placed under police surveillance but which is not considered at risk like last year.
In Lyon, there were between 6,500 (prefecture) and 13,000 (CGT) marching this morning
At least 17 people were arrested after damage and tensions with the police.
300 people were mobilized this morning between Cahors and Figeac
The Parisian demonstration will soon leave the Place de la Nation
Hadrien Clouet (LFI) claims that the police fired a tear gas grenade at a building facade
Raphael Glucksmann reacts to the attacks he was the target of and points out the Insoumis
A person suspected of injuring a police officer was arrested
The latest incidents in the Toulouse demonstration are linked to the arrest of a person suspected of having injured a police officer during the charge at Jeanne d’Arc. Large tear gas bombs were then launched. The demonstration then ended peacefully.
New incidents at the end of the demonstration in Toulouse, an arrest
The Toulouse demonstration ended near Arnaud Bernard on the boulevards as planned but with further damage to shelters and incidents. At least one person was arrested by the police.
500 demonstrators mobilized in Auch
The procession set off through the streets of the capital of Gers, Auch, at around 11 a.m. A city tour which must end at the Maison de Gascogne. Around 500 demonstrators, according to the unions, are participating in the mobilization.
The mobilization continues in Toulouse, under police surveillance
3,000 demonstrators in Marseille according to the police, 4,000 in Nantes and 1,400 in Rennes…
Images Raphaël Glucksmann exfiltrated from the Saint-Etienne demonstration
Manon Aubry, head of the LFI list for the Europeans, in support of Raphaël Glucksmann
8,000 demonstrators in Toulouse according to the CGT, 3,000 according to the police
Several injured in the Toulouse demonstration
Three demonstrators were injured according to witnesses. A police officer was also injured.
What happened in the Toulouse demonstration?
The police charged after damage committed on the boulevards, near Jeanne D Arc, around 11:50 a.m. According to a police source, some damage was committed to bus shelters and cameras in the city. Bank facades have been tagged. The police officers would have spotted the perpetrators of the acts they wanted to arrest during the demonstration, at the level of the leading anarchist procession. There were no arrests.
Three people were reportedly injured in the Toulouse demonstration
The Toulouse demonstration has resumed its course on the boulevards. According to witnesses, police officers broke into the procession at the Jeanne d Arc metro station to seize a banner using a de-encirclement grenade. Three people were reportedly injured.
Two broken bus shelters in Toulouse, police spray tear gas
Incidents continue at the Toulouse demonstration with tear gas being thrown by the police on the boulevards near Jeanne d’Arc. Some of the demonstrators retreat.
“I totally disapprove of the expulsion of Raphaël Glucksmann”, the reaction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Aurélien Taravella, departmental councilor and national leader of Place publique reacts to the exfiltration of Raphaël Glucksmann
From the Toulouse procession, Aurélien Taravella, departmental councilor and national leader of Place publique, denounced the attack of which Raphaël Glucksmann was the target. “We are all here to celebrate Workers’ Day. It is an unacceptable gesture which exploits the demonstration.”
Another story in Cahors where the atmosphere is friendly
“It is neither the rain, nor the government nor the employers that are going to stop us,” says Jérôme Delmas, representative of the CGT in the Lot. They are fighting for an immediate increase in salaries but also in pensions and the minimum wage. The example of the Ratier company, in Figeac, was put on the table: “This year, with 63 million in profits, more than 50 million will be returned to shareholders and salaries up by only 1%”, s annoys Jérôme Delmas. The latter calls on the demonstrators to mobilize, to demand the right to unionize but also to strike. A few slogans were chanted, then the procession headed towards the Pont Valentré.
The situation is tense in Toulouse
Frédéric Souillot, general secretary of FO in Montauban
Frédéric Souillot, general secretary of Force Ouvrière Nationale, here visiting Montauban where the departmental union of FO is inaugurating the premises which it now owns with financial assistance from the national confederation.
Protesters defy the rain in Tarbes
Between 500 and 800 people marched in the streets of Tarbes, on the occasion of the May 1 demonstration “against austerity, for employment, wages, public services, social protection, freedoms and just and lasting peace in the world.
The delegation of the Socialist Party in Toulouse around Sebastien Vincini, president of the departmental council
400 demonstrators in Agen for May 1st
Small demonstration in Agen, with only around 400 participants. In the procession, the classic slogans for purchasing power. Note the presence of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Raphaël Glucksmann exfiltrated from the demonstration in Saint-Etienne
“We want to vote for a European minimum wage”
The demonstration began in Figeac where around a hundred people came
Around a hundred demonstrators gathered in Figeac in the pouring rain. CGT SFU Solidaires. No chew given the weather conditions. The event will remain in the hospital gardens.
Around fifty people are mobilized in Cahors
Images of the demonstration in Toulouse rue Alsace-Lorraine
Rain showers the May 1 parade in Albi
The persistent rain weighed on the Tarn procession on May 1, which set off from Place du Vigan in Albi at 10:30 a.m. Around 350 people marched to demand, among other things, an increase in salaries.
Start of the demonstration in Toulouse
An anarchist banner deployed in Toulouse
Start of demonstration in Montauban in front of the Maison du peuple
In front of the People’s House in Montauban, Sébastien Duron, general secretary of the CGT 82, criticizes the reform of unemployment insurance. The procession is scheduled to move forward in a few minutes for a parade through the city center.
Cedric Caubère of the CGT speaks live from the Toulouse procession
Around a hundred demonstrators mobilized in Pamiers
This Wednesday, May 1, around a hundred people responded to the call launched by the Ariège unions in Pamiers, Place de la République.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the Toulouse procession
Toulouse, the police force is in place on rue Alsace along the route of the demonstration
Strasbourg, Marseille or even Clermont-Ferrand… The 10 a.m. processions are preparing to leave
For this International Workers’ Day, the CGT lists more than 265 rallies and demonstrations in France, in the “high” range, according to confederal secretary Céline Verzeletti.
Will the mobilization be as strong as last year in Toulouse?
Europeans: leaders in the processions
As the European elections on June 9 approach, several leading candidates will be present in the processions such as Raphaël Glucksmann (PS-Place publique) in Saint-Etienne or Manon Aubry (LFI) in Lyon then Paris.
12,000 police officers and gendarmes mobilized, demonstrations “of a rather festive and family nature” expected
According to police sources, 12,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized, including 5,000 in Paris. But the authorities generally expect demonstrations “of a rather festive and family character” and “more peaceful” than last year, when the day was marked by sometimes violent clashes in the capital and other cities such as Nantes. or Lyon.
“120,000 to 150,000” demonstrators are expected nationally
At the national level, “120,000 to 150,000” demonstrators are expected, according to a note from the territorial intelligence services.
Force Ouvrière number one Frédéric Souillot will be in Montauban
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The Toulouse procession will leave the center at 10:30 a.m.
The traditional May 1st demonstration in Toulouse will leave this year at 10:30 a.m. from Place Esquirol.
265 gatherings and demonstrations in France
For wages, for peace or even for a “more protective” Europe: after last year’s strong united mobilization against pension reform, the main unions are calling to hit the streets on May 1 with various demands. For this International Workers’ Day, the CGT lists more than 265 rallies and demonstrations in France, in the “high” range, according to confederal secretary Céline Verzeletti.