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Thursday, January 19, 2023in Sarthe, the movement against pension reform is beginning to Sable-sur-Sarthe. It continues at Mans in the early afternoon. Follow our live.
3 p.m. Protesters line the banks of the Sarthe
The demonstrators guided by the CFDT go along the banks of the Sarthe
2:50 p.m. 20,000 participants in Le Mans according to the unions
2:45 p.m. A long procession
Thousands of demonstrators boulevard Demorieux
2:45 p.m. At least 10,000 people in Le Mans according to the police
Police side estimates are 10,000 people in Le Mans.
2:20 p.m. We always count!
Our journalists are in the process of making an assessment of the number of demonstrators. We’ll give it to you as soon as it’s done!
The Place des Jacobins took a long time to empty, which bodes well for a large gauge.
The demonstration is currently moving to the banks of the Sarthe.
2:07 p.m. The Le Mans procession sets off, heading for the tunnel
The procession has just left from Place des Jacobins and takes Rue Wilbur Right. The demonstrators will pass under the tunnel. This should help to better understand their number.
2:05 p.m. At Le Mans, Laurent: “We are being deprived of all our achievements”
Laurent, who is demonstrating at Le Mans, responds to our journalist Maxime Davoust on the reason for his presence in the procession. “We are being stripped of all our achievements. We will work until 64 for unbridled capitalism. They tell themselves that in this way they will not touch the pension funds. We’re going to die at work. »
“We are going to die at work…” Laurent explains why he is demonstrating today at Le Mans pic.twitter.com/bvKmttMDNg
— Maxime Davoust (@MaximeDavoust) January 19, 2023
2 p.m. Château-du-Loir: Nearly 150 demonstrators took the direction of the station
In Château-du-Loir, the demonstrators numbered around 150. They headed for the station. Traffic is therefore disrupted on this very long axis that crosses the city.
1:50 p.m. Margaux, teacher: “We are already wearing ourselves out in our work”
Margaux, a school teacher in Sarthe, does not see herself working beyond the age of 60. She also calls for better conditions to support children.
1:40 p.m. More and more people at Le Mans
We can see in these images of our journalist Frédéric Jouvet working for Le Mans News that the mobilization is massive in the city prefecture of Sarthe where the Place des Jacobins is overflowing with demonstrators.
1:25 p.m. The crowd swells on the Place des Jacobins in Le Mans
The departure is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the vast Place des Jacobins begins to fill with people.
1:10 p.m. A hundred demonstrators in Château-du-Loir
A small flow of people continues to arrive and there are now around a hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the town hall of Château-du-Loir, delegated municipality of Montval-sur-Loir.
12:50 p.m. Traffic disrupted on the Sablé bypass
In Sablé, some demonstrators remain positioned at the crossroads of the post office where traffic is difficult.
12:40 p.m. At least 2,700 demonstrators in Alençon: unprecedented mobilization
Among our neighbors in Orne, the police counted 2,700 demonstrators. An unprecedented mobilization since the pension reform of 2009.
12:32 p.m. End of the demonstration in Sablé-sur-Sarthe
The unions have put down the microphone. The very dense crowd gathered in front of the town hall is now dispersing.
The protest was peaceful, no incidents reported.
12:30 p.m. Protesters begin to flock to Le Mans
12:20 p.m. The unions take the floor in front of the town hall of Sablé
12:10 p.m. Protesters leave La Flèche to join Le Mans
At La Flèche, the modest procession returns to the bus station withering away. Many demonstrators declare indeed, that they will join the demonstration of Le Mans whose departure is envisaged at 1:30 p.m. In many cities the mobilization is important.
12 p.m. Purchasing power among the claims
In La Flèche, the demonstrators declare that they have taken to the streets to “defend purchasing power”.
11:55 a.m. In Sablé, very complicated traffic in the city center
Motorists were surprised by the route of the demonstration which had not been revealed in Sablé-sur-Sarthe.
11:50 a.m. La Flèche: “We are witnessing the destruction of public services”
Michel Brugade of the Action Citoyenne collective takes the floor, place de la Liberation in La Flèche under the windows of the sub-prefecture.
“Beyond retirement, we are witnessing a destruction of public services in France,” he worries.
11:45 a.m. In Sablé, the demonstrators head for the town hall
The very very long line of demonstrators gathered in Sablé-sur-Sarthe now goes to the town hall by taking rue Léon Legludic.
11:42 a.m. The procession of La Flèche now has 120 people
The procession of demonstrators against the pension reform has grown to reach 120 people.
On the panel of Didier, a solidarity retiree, health is also one of the concerns.
11:35 a.m. In Sablé / Sarthe, the unions erect tents on the ring road
The unions take place on a strategic roundabout of the Sablé/Sarthe bypass, a stone’s throw from the post office.
The circulation already very disturbed by the demonstration will become very complex on the east-west axis.
11:30 a.m. Former yellow vests at La Flèche
Olivier Doire, member of the Action Citoyenne movement, a collective born of yellow vests and very present at La Flèche, is obviously on site.
11:15 a.m. Gathering of 70 people at La Flèche
At La Flèche, a call for a rally was launched and brought together 70 people from the bus station.
While the unions called for a meeting in Sablé/Sarthe, it was the Action Citoyenne movement that wanted to mobilize in La Flèche.
The weak procession takes the direction of the city center.
10:55 a.m. The demonstrators arrive on the Sablé bypass
The demonstrators arrive on the Sablé ring road and block traffic. Trucks are at a standstill.
10:50 a.m. 2,000 demonstrators in Sablé
In Sablé-sur-Sarthe, mobilization is at the rendezvous. More than 2,000 demonstrators march through the streets.
10:45 a.m. Flop at La Ferté-Bernard
Big disappointment in La Ferté-Bernard, six people at Cosec who are still waiting a little while waiting for possible strikers against the pension reform.
10:38 a.m. Word from a protester in Sablé
A demonstrator crossed by one of our journalists notes the strong mobilization.
“Here in Sablé there will be many of us, but will that help? »
He adds after a handful of seconds. “Elsewhere there will be damage. »
10:30 a.m. Let’s go for the parade in Sablé
The demonstrators, for certain parties of the factories of Sablé, launch the parade and engage rue Gambetta.
Beginning of the walk in Sablé pic.twitter.com/OlcIGDvasS
— Marie Lamarque (@marie_lmrq95) January 19, 2023
10:30 a.m. In Le Mans, the circulation of buses and trams very impacted
Public transport are very affected by the strike at Le Mans.
10:30 a.m. The numerous gendarmes
Since this morning, the gendarmes have been present in Sablé-sur-Sarthe first at the level of the zones then in the city center to secure the procession and organize the traffic.
10:22 a.m. Where to demonstrate in Sarthe?
There is still time to inquire to find out where to demonstrate: Le Mans, Montval, Sablé, or La Flèche. Click here !
10:20 a.m. The procession swells in Sablé
The participants in the demonstration continue to arrive at the Place du Champ de Foire
10:10 a.m. Map of the course at Le Mans
find the route of the course at Le Mans.
10 a.m. Protesters meet in Sablé
In Sablé-sur-Sarthe, more than 400 people are already flocking to the Place du Champ de Foire
10 a.m. Protesters since the middle of the night at the Le Mans oil depot
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