We've been covering events in France for the best part of a week:
Riots, occupations, its all been building up to today massive demonstrations that are set to take place across France.
68% of the population is now against Villepins labour liberalisation measures and he refuses to back down.
Riots, occupations, its all been building up to today massive demonstrations that are set to take place across France.
68% of the population is now against Villepins labour liberalisation measures and he refuses to back down.
http://www.libcom.org/blog/ The Unrest in France Blog understand that a general strike is being organised for next week:
“If they don‘t listen to us we are going to have to think about moving to a general strike across the whole country,” said Bernard Thibault, head of the Confederation of General Workers union, one of France‘s largest… “I‘m optimistic … that the government will finally take notice of the situation they‘ve created for themselves,” he said on France 3 television
http://www.libcom.org/blog/ Demonstrations against the CPE set to take place today, Saturday March the 18th:
Paris, 14h30,place Denfert Rochereau vers la place de la Nation
Strasbourg,14h00, Place Kléber
Périgueux, 10h30, Palais de Justice
Bergerac, 11h00, Palais de Justice
Sarlat, 11h00, Place du 14 juillet
Bordeaux, 14h00, place de la République
Pau, 10h30, place de Verdun
Bayonne, 10h30, place Sainte Ursule
Montluçon, 14h30
Vichy, 14h30
Moulins, 14h30
Aurillac, 10h30, place des Carmes
Le Puy en Velay, 10h30, place Cadelade
Clermont, 15h00
Dijon, 15h00, place de la République
Nevers, 10h00, place Carnot
Chalon-sur-saône, 10 h 30, Maison des syndicats
Rennes, 11h30, place de la Gare
St Malo, 10h30, place de l’ancienne Gare
Tours, 15h00, place de la Liberté
Orléans, 14h30, parvis de la Cathédrale,
Montargis, 14h30, place du Pâtis
Gien, 14h30, place Jean Jaurès.
Charleville, 10h00, Préfecture
Besançon, 14h30, place Battant
Montbéliard, 15h00, Champ de foire
Nîmes, 11h, Maison Carrée
Perpignan, 10h30, place de Catalogne
Tulle, 10h30, place de la Gare
Limoges, place de la République 14 h
Toulouse, 10h30, place Jeanne d’Arc
Lille, 14h30, porte de Paris
Caen, 14h30, place st pierre
Lisieux, 10h30, place mitterand
Vire, 10h30, place de l’horloge
Cherbourg, 10h30, place de la République
Carentan, 10h30, place de la Mairie
Le Mans, 14h00, place des jacobins
Amiens, 14 H 30, Maison de la Culture
Toulon, 14h00, place de la Liberté
Draguignan, 14h00, Sous -Préfecture
Avignon, 14h30, départ devant l’université
Grenoble : 14h00, place de la Gare
Bourgoin-Jallieu : 9h30, place Saint-Michel
Vienne : 10h, Sous-Préfecture
Albertville 10h00, place de la Sous-Préfecture
St Jean, 10h00, place du Champ de Mars
Chambéry, 14h30, place de la Sasson
Follow events as they unfold throughout the day with live updates on the Unrest in France Blog
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The same struggle
18.03.2006 12:21
Of course some demonstrations will have a different focus. We have different editorial headlines in papers every day. Does that mean the editors of these papers have forgotten about or no longer agree with yesterday's news as they saw it?
I had a pasty for lunch yesterday. Don't take that to mean that I've stopped eating sandwiches.
Bob Emaneslaf