As always during social mobilizations, Paris appears once again as the epicenter of the protest.
New demonstration Thursday with the demonstration of magnitude which connected the place of the Bastille to that of the Opera.
The processions were however marred by violence, and in particular clashes with the police.
Unacceptable for the mayor of the capital, Anne Hidalgo.
"The demonstration, which went well, turned extremely violent and worrying
," she lamented after the meeting of her crisis unit on the social movement and its consequences.
"Stubbornness of the President"
In this context, the socialist councilor launched
"a call for calm"
.
"I condemn this violence, because it diverts attention from a subject on which there is an immense majority of French people who find themselves, namely asking for the withdrawal of the law on pensions", she said
. recalled.
Anne Hidalgo took the opportunity to denounce
“the stubbornness of the President of the Republic in wanting to force through”
, indirectly referring to the use of article 49.3 last week in the National Assembly.
For the mayor of Paris,
"his speech"
last Wednesday
"only made the situation worse"
.
Anne Hidalgo is also on the front line in managing the trash cans that are piling up all over the capital following the garbage collectors' strike.
Thursday, 9,600 tons of garbage strewn the Parisian sidewalks, a globally stable volume for a week despite the requisitions ordered by the police headquarters.
The former socialist presidential candidate is thus accused by her opponents, but also by residents and traders, of not doing everything to limit the impact of this strike that she supports.
If
"158 dumpsters went out on Friday, 10% more than a normal Friday, travel times remain long"
due to incinerator blockages,
"and therefore we have a capacity that is always halved"
, s' is defended Anne Hidalgo.
“Every day, in Paris, we generate 3,000 tonnes of waste.
We collect
(since the beginning of the strike)
every day at least 50% to 66%, it is much more than a minimum service.
But we do what we can with what we have”
, also replied Friday his first socialist deputy Emmanuel Grégoire.