There has been more clashes between police and protesters in Rennes

Rennes: Clashes During the Demonstration against the Labour Law

Clashes erupted between protesters against the labour law and law enforcement officers, this Saturday at Rennes … Saturday at midday, some 1,700 people, according to the prefecture, were protesting against the labour law in Rennes. A parade marked by clashes with police which were preventing the protesters from accessing the historic centre. Tear gas and charges […]

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A man was seriously injured after falling from a statue in Place de la Republique in Paris

Paris: A Man Seriously Injured Falling from the statue at Place de la Republique

On Friday night, during the “NuitDebout”, a man was seriously injured falling from the statue on the Place de la Republique in Paris … A man was seriously injured on the night of Friday to Saturday, falling from the statue in the Place de la Republique in Paris. The man might be of been part […]

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A smaller protest than previous demonstrations at Vannes against the Labour Law

Vannes: Smaller Protest against Labour Law

Saturday morning in Vannes, the protest against the labour law has not attracted as many people as the previous times. 200 participants according to police, 400 according to organizers and disturbances to traffic at the time of the market on Saturday morning in the streets of Vannes.  Whatever the actual numbers, there is one certainty: […]

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Nantes is a City divided today with protest scheduled for the Afternoon and a Carnival in the evening

Nantes: Divided between a Saturday Labour Law Protest and Carnival

After the recent episodes that rocked the city, the day looks delicate in Nantes. Demo against the labour law early in the day and the carnival tonight. Traders are on edge.  The Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Association City Centre have called for sanctuaries in the centre of the city after the latest protests were […]

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More than 200 demonstrations and rallies are planned across France on Saturday against the Labour Law

Labour law: More Protests Saturday

Opponents of the labour law maintain pressure on the government: employees, students and pupils are preparing to fight on Saturday… More than 200 demonstrations and rallies are planned throughout France, the call of the unions (CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, UNEF, UNL, Fidl), which expects a “massive mobilization” . “Will it be as large as the protests […]

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Protestors continue their protest for another night in Paris

#NuitDebout: At Republic Square, the “deboutistes” are not Close to Bed

Several hundred peaceful protesters gathered Tuesday evening at place de la République for the sixth #NuitDebout … “This is not a youth movement. It is a movement of men, women. Citizens. And it has to last a long time, “spits the microphone, a long-term unemployed.  Faced with this 60 year old, the crowd applauds. Tuesday […]

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Nantes: The Demonstrations in the City Centre, Many Broken Windows 1

Nantes: The Demonstrations in the City Centre, Many Broken Windows

Demonstrators were given appointment this afternoon, the rally quickly turned into scuffle. Thirteen people were arrested … While 1,600 protesters rallied against the labour law , an hour after the start of the procession, the first excesses took place in the city centre. The security forces have repeatedly used tear gas. Protesters also tried to enter […]

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Demonstrations at two offices of officials in Le Havre

Le Havre: New Demonstrations against labour law

This Tuesday, April 5, 2016, two assembly points are planned to demonstrate against El Khomri law. The protesters plan to challenge the deputies. As indicated in the newspaper Normandie-News , port workers and dockers are mobilized on the port.  The unions  CGT, FO, UNEF, FSU, Solidaires had called the rally.  Members of the CGT have […]

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Protestors occupied the Republic Square in Paris for the fourth consecutive night

Labour Law: Fourth Night Occupying Republic Square, Paris

A demonstrator at the collective #Nuit debout broadcast live images on periscope, followed by up to 80,000 people … Since Friday, the day of mobilization against the Labour Law, hundreds of people of the movement “#Nuit debout ” occupy the Place de la Republique in Paris , with the intention to still be there the next […]

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Despite police pressure, there is now been three nights of protest in Republic Square

Third Night in Republic Square #NuitDebout Protests

Several hundred demonstrators occupy the Paris market, since Thursday’s event … They do not sleep, it’s the “night stand”. They do not all have the same hopes, not the same claims, but the same desire. They call it the “convergence of struggles.”For three nights, hundreds of protesters occupied the Republic Square in the heart of […]

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