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May 1 demonstrations: 400 to 800 “elements at risk” on the routes in France ?

MAY 1, 2024. The traditional May 1 demonstrations are taking place across France this Wednesday. A confidential intelligence memo reportedly highlighted a "tense geopolitical context", but a limited risk of overflows…

The essentials

  • Day of demonstrations this Monday, May 1, 2024 in France. For the traditional Labor Day, the unions called for support. with one voice & parade in all the cities. Nearly 260 processions are expected.
  • May 1st promises to be calmer this year than last year, when the parades arrived after the weekend. s the entry into force of the highly contested pension reform. According to the information, it “does not present any proven risk” as such. in matters of public order.
  • The authorities nevertheless planned yesterday for 400 to 400% of deaths. 800 "éelements risk" in processions numbering 120,000 à 150,000 people throughout France and a few dozen in the demonstration   Paris.
  • Follow live May Day protests across the country.

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09:28 – Between 120,000 and 150,000 demonstrators expected throughout France

A territorial intelligence memo estimates that the French will be between 120,000 and 150,000 à demonstrate today.

In Paris, an appointment was made. given &agrav; 2 p.m. this Wednesday May 1st at Place de la République and the demonstration route has been completed. directed towards Place de la Nation passing Boulevard Voltaire. CGT, CFDT, Unsa,   FSU and Solidaires are à the origin of the procession which was waiting yesterday for between 15,000 and 30,000 people according to a police source. The fear of seeing a few hundred radical demonstrators – 400 à 800 "éelements risk" – was also palpable during the preparations.

Ahead of the May 1 demonstration, the police headquarters announced a restricted traffic system, between the Places de la République, de la Bastille and de la Nation , boulevards du Temple, des Filles du Calvaire, Beaumarchais, Diderot, rue de Lyon and avenue Daumesnil. The prefecture strongly recommended motorists to widely bypass the area for the duration of the event, from 10 a.m. Wednesday morning.< /p>

A little less than 260 demonstrations took place. scheduled in France for May 1, 2024. Fashion shows have been held in France for May 1, 2024. planned in all major cities, but not only. Here is the list of the main processions listed by the CFDT:

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  • Abbeville: 10:30 a.m., Place du Pilori
  • Ajaccio: 2:00 p.m. in front of the SNCF station.
  • Agen: 10:00 a.m., Kiosque du Gravier
  • Aix en Provence: 10:30 a.m., Fontaine de la Rotonde
  • Albi: 10:00 a.m., Place du Vigan
  • Alençon: 11:00 a.m., Prefecture
  • Alès: 10:30 a.m., Town Hall
  • Amiens: 10:00 a.m., Grilles de la Hotoie
  • Angers: 10:30 a.m. Place de la Bourse du Travail
  • Angoulême: 10:30 a.m., Town Hall
  • Annecy: 9:30 a.m. à the Labor Exchange
  • Antibes: 10:00 a.m., Place De Gaulle
  • Arles: 10:30 a.m., Place de la République
  • Auch: 11:00 a.m., Quai Lissagaray
  • Aurillac: 10:00 a.m., before the Court
  • Auxerre: 10:30 a.m., Maison des Syndicats
  • Avignon: 10:00 a.m. Jean Jaurès course
  • Bar-le-Duc: 10:30 a.m., SNCF station /Place de la République
  • Bastia: 10:00 a.m. Place d’Armes
  • Bayonne: 11:00 a.m. Place Sainte-Ursule
  • Beauvais: 10:30 a.m. Place Jeanne Hachette
  • Belfort: 10:00 a.m., Maison du Peuple
  • Bergerac: 10:30 a.m., Palais de Justice
  • Besançon: 10:00 a.m. Human Rights Esplanade
  • Béziers: 11:00 a.m. à the Labor Exchange
  • Blois: 10:30 a.m., Prefecture
  • Bordeaux: 10:00 a.m. from Place de la Bourse à Victory Square
  • Bourg-en-Bresse: 10:30 a.m., Champ de Foire
  • Bourges: 10:30 a.m. Place Malus
  • Brest: 11:00 a.m., Place de la Liberté
  • Brive-la-Gaillarde: 10:30 a.m., Place du 14 Juillet
  • Caen: 10:30 a.m. Place Saint-Pierre
  • Cahors: 11:00 a.m., Place Mitterrand
  • Calais: 10:00 a.m., Bourse du Travail
  • Cannes: 10:30 a.m., Gare
  • Carcassonne: 2:00 p.m., Place Carnot
  • Carmaux: 11:00 a.m., Statue Jaurès
  • Chalons-en-Champagne: 10:00 a.m., Maison des Syndicats
  • Chalon-sur-Saône: 10:00 a.m., Place de Beaune
  • Chambéry: 10:00 a.m., La Sasson
  • Charleville-Mézières: 10:30 a.m., Parvis de la Gare
  • Chartres: 10:30 a.m., Prefecture
  • Châteaubriant: 10:30 a.m., Hôtel de Ville
  • Châteauroux: 10:00 a.m., Place de la République
  • Chaumont: 11:00 a.m., Square Boulingrin
  • Cherbourg-en-Cotentin: 10:30 a.m. Place de la Mairie
  • Cholet: 10:30 a.m. Place Travot
  • Clermont-Ferrand: 10:00 a.m., Place Delille
  • Dax: 10:00 a.m., Parc des Arènes
  • Dieppe: 11:00 a.m., Parvis Mairie
  • Dijon: 10:00 a.m. Place Wilson
  • Dole: 10:30 a.m., Avenue de L’Ahr
  • Draguignan: 10:30 a.m., Under Prefecture
  • Dunkirk: 10:00 a.m. Room of the Future
  • Épernay: 10:00 a.m., Place Carnot
  • Épinal: 10:00 a.m., Bourse du Travail
  • Évreux: 10:30 a.m., Place Armand Mandle
  • Figeac: 11:00 a.m., Jardin de l’Hôpital
  • Gap: 10:00 a.m., Prefecture
  • Guéret: 11:00 a.m., Place Bonnyaud
  • Grasse: 10:30 a.m., Jardins des Plantes
  • Grenoble: 10:00 a.m. from the SNCF station
  • Guingamp: 10:30 a.m., Champ du Roy car park
  • Issoudun: 10:00 a.m., Congress Center
  • Le Puy-en-Velay: 10:30 a.m., Place Cadelade
  • La Roche-sur-Yon: 10:30 a.m. Place Napoléon
  • La Rochelle: 10:00 a.m. Place de l’Hôtel de Ville
  • Laval: 10:00 a.m. Human Rights Square
  • Le Havre: 10:30 a.m. at Cercle Franklin, Maison des Syndicats, Cours République
  • Le Mans: 10:00 a.m. Parc du Gué-Maulny
  • Lille: 10:00 a.m. Porte des Postes, on Place Barthélémy Dorez
  • Limoges: 10:30 a.m., Carrefour Tourny
  • Lisieux: 10:30 a.m., Place François Mitterrand
  • Lons-le-Saunier: 10:30 a.m., Place de la Liberté
  • Lure: 10:30 a.m., Esplanade Charles De Gaulle
  • Lyon: 10:30 a.m. from Métro Garibaldi, towards Place Bellecour
  • Mâcon: 10:30 a.m., Place des Cordelliers
  • Manosque: 10:00 a.m., Place Marcel Pagnol
  • Marseille: 10:00 a.m. in the Réformés district
  • Martigues: 10:30 a.m., Place Jean Jaurès
  • Meaux: 10:00 a.m., Town Hall
  • Mende: 10:30 a.m., Place Urbain V
  • Metz: 10:00 a.m., Place de la République
  • Millau: 10:30 a.m., Gare
  • Montauban: 10:00 a.m., in front of the Maison du Peuple
  • Montélimar: 11:00 a.m., Theater
  • Montluçon: 10:30 a.m., Place Piquand
  • Montpellier: 10:30 a.m., Place Albert 1er
  • Morlaix: 10:30 a.m., Place des Otages
  • Mulhouse: 10:00 a.m., Place de la Bourse
  • Muret: 10:00 a.m., Under Prefecture
  • Nancy: 10:30 a.m., Place Dombasle
  • Nantes: 10:30 a.m. from Place de Bretagne
  • Narbonne: 10:30 a.m. in front of Les Halles
  • Nevers: 11:00 a.m., Préfecture
  • Nice: 10:00 a.m. at the Théâtre de Verdure (Jardin Albert 1er)
  • N&imes: 10:30 a.m., Maison Carrée
  • Niort: 11:00 a.m., La Brèche
  • Orléans: 10:30 a.m., place de la Loire
  • Oyonnax: 10:30 a.m., Maison des Sociétés
  • Pamiers: 10:30 a.m., Place de la République
  • Paris: 2:00 p.m., departure from Place de la République until the Place de la Nation
  • Pau: 11:00 a.m. Place de Verdun
  • Périgueux: 10:30 a.m., Bourse du Travail
  • Perpignan: 10:30 a.m. Place de Catalogne
  • Poitiers: 10:30 a.m. Poitiers station
  • Privas: 10:30 a.m., Prefecture
  • Quimper: 11:00 a.m. Place de la Résistance
  • Reims: 10:00 a.m. à the Union House (15 Boulevard de la Paix)
  • Rennes: 10:30 a.m., departure from rue Jules Valles, Cleunay district
  • Roanne: 10:30 a.m., Bourse du Travail
  • Rodez: 10:30 a.m., Préfecture
  • Rouen: 10:00 a.m. Cours Clemenceau
  • Royan: 10:30 a.m., Place du Général De Gaulle
  • Saint-Brieuc: 11:00 a.m., Préfecture
  • Saint-Étienne: 10:00 a.m. the Labor Exchange
  • Saint-Gaudens: 10:30 a.m., Place Jaurès
  • Saint-Malo: 10:30 a.m. on the Esplanade Saint-Vincent
  • Saint-Nazaire: 11:00 a.m. Place de l’Amérique Latine
  • Saint-Omer: 9:30 a.m., Gare
  • Saint Quentin: 10:00 a.m., Place Gracchus Babeuf
  • Sète: 10:30 a.m., Place de la Mairie
  • Strasbourg: 10:00 a.m. from the Palais Universitaire de Strasbourg
  • Tarascon: 10:30 a.m., Beaucaire Town Hall
  • Tarbes: 10:00 a.m., Bourse du Travail
  • Toulon: 10:30 a.m. Labor Exchange
  • Toulouse: 10:00 a.m. departure from Esquirol
  • Tours: 10:00 a.m. Place des Libertés
  • Troyes: 10:00 a.m., Place Jean Jaurès
  • Tulle: 10:30 a.m., Albert Faucher
  • Ussel: 11:00 a.m., Place Verdun
  • Valencia: 10:00 a.m. à the Station
  • Valenciennes: 10:00 a.m., Place d’Armes
  • Vannes: 11:00 a.m. Esplanade du Port
  • Villefranche de Rouergue: 10:30 a.m., Town Hall
  • Villefranche-sur-Saône: 10:30 a.m., Place du Promenoir

This year, the May 1 protests were the subject of particular intelligence attention. According to Le Parisien, they estimated between 120,000 à 150,000 the number of participants in the processions this Wednesday, therefore 15,000 on Wednesday 30,000 à tread the pavement in the streets of the capital. A confidential note would have underlinedé a "tense geopolitical context", with the Olympic Games approaching, a conflict which continues in Ukraine, but also and above all the war in Ukraine. Gaza which begins à cause tensions in France.

If the pro-Palestinian student mobilization is in people's minds, forecasts have nevertheless announced a lesser and less violent mobilization than in 2023, the fight against pension reform being on the agenda. the time ' its loudest or almost. Some  400 à 800 "éelements " risk" They were still feared by the authorities at home. the day before the demonstrations, mainly linked to the ultra-left, while no ultra-right movement had yet been launched. detected. BFMTV assured Tuesday that intelligence anticipated "limited" abuses this year. and that "this event does not as such present a proven risk” in matters of public order.

Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116