After the activation of 49.3 and before the debate on the motions of censure once morest the government, the opponents of the pension reform intend to use the weekend to express their anger, with rallies, strikes and trash cans piling up .
In the wake of Elisabeth Borne’s appeal to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the adoption of a text without a vote, except for a motion of censure, the inter-union called on Thursday for rallies this weekend, as well as to a 9th day of strikes and demonstrations on March 23.
Information to remember
> Gatherings on the territory, the Concorde prohibited
> “Filtering dams” on waste incinerators near Paris
> After the garbage collectors, the refiners might be requisitioned in the event of a stoppage
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2:36 p.m. – “Stabilisation” of waste tonnages in Paris, according to the town hall
The City of Paris notes a “stabilization” of the volume of uncollected waste in the capital, while requisitioned dump trucks collect garbage according to the prefecture.
On Friday, the town hall estimated that 10,000 tonnes of waste were awaiting collection on the Parisian sidewalks.
2:16 p.m. – Gatherings at Place de la Concorde in Paris banned by the police headquarters
Gatherings at Place de la Concorde, as well as on the Champs-Elysées, are banned by the Paris police headquarters, following two evenings of demonstrations interspersed with incidents once morest the use of 49.3 to have the pension reform adopted.
“Due to serious risks of disturbance to public order and security […] any gathering on the public highway place de la Concorde and its surroundings as well as in the sector of the avenue des Champs-Elysées is prohibited, ”the prefecture told AFP. “People who try to gather there will be systematically ousted by the police” and may be fined, the same source added.
12:53 p.m. – “Filtering dams” on waste incinerators near Paris
The strikers of the three waste incineration sites produced by Paris are setting up “filtering dams” to let garbage collection trucks pass, according to a union delegate, confirming information from “Liberation”.
A filtering of trucks will be held in Issy-les-Moulineaux (Hauts-de-Seine) on Saturday and Sunday, then in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) on Monday and Tuesday, according to Fatiha Lahrech, CGT union representative of the site of Issy-les-Moulineaux. Letting trucks pass is a “security decision to limit the risk of an epidemic”, she explains.
10:58 a.m. – After the garbage collectors, the refiners might be requisitioned in the event of a stoppage
Industry Minister Roland Lescure suggests that the government might make requisitions in the event of the shutdown of refineries by employees on strike once morest the pension reform.
At least two refineries, that of PetroIneos in Lavéra (Bouches-du-Rhône) and the Normandy refinery of TotalEnergies in Gonfreville-l’Orcher (Manche), might be shut down from this weekend and later Monday, according to the CGT. Until now, the strikers had contented themselves with blocking fuel shipments, but the refineries continued to produce.
9:16 a.m. – 37% of strikers in TotalEnergies refineries and depots
About 37% of the operational staff of TotalEnergies refineries and depots in France are on strike this morning, a spokesman for the oil group told Archyde.com.
The employees of the TotalEnergies refinery in Donges (Loire-Atlantique), meeting in a general meeting on Friday, decided for their part to renew the strike for an additional week, until March 24, at the call of the inter-union CGT- FO-CFDT, reports “West France”.
> Essential information for Friday
> The government faces two motions of censure following its 49.3
Two motions were tabled. If that of the National Rally is doomed to failure, that of the small LIOT group, which wants to be cross-partisan, has more chances on paper. But that will depend on the goodwill of the LR deputies.
> Several teachers’ unions call for strike from Monday
An inter-union called Friday evening for the surveillance strike during the baccalaureate specialty exams, which start on Monday. Additional supervisors have been mobilized, assures the Ministry of National Education.
> The SNCF unions call for the continuation of the renewable strike
Started on March 7, the renewable strike should continue at the SNCF following the renewed call this Friday from the four representative unions. They also want to make March 23 the “high point” of the protest.
