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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Will there be another #nuitdebout protest tonight in Rennes ?

Rennes: A Second #nuitdebout tonight on the Esplanade?

Yesterday, Tuesday, the day of protest against the Labour Act was completed on the Esplanade of General de Gaulle, with a nuitdebout. This gathering could be renewed every night. This morning, the Esplanade of General de Gaulle, in Rennes is deserted. Only traces of the #nuitdebout  protest held until late, a carriage and a pallet prepared in […]

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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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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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Police are evacuating Republic Square in Paris after another night of protests

Labour law: #NuitDebout … New evacuation of protesters Republic Square

The collective “Night Stand” born of protest against the labour law, spent their second night outside before being evacuated by the police … They were still many last night. The police have indeed moved in this Saturday morning to a new evacuation of protesters, who occupied the Republic Square in Paris to oppose the labour law. “80 militants […]

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