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They are determined not to give up.
Like Sophie Binet, the new leader of the CGT who wants to remain mobilized until the abandonment of the pension reform, demonstrators continue to carry out actions in Nantes.
Monday morning, a blockage had been organized in the south of the Nantes ring road.
Rebelote this Tuesday morning.
This time, it is in the north of this axis which surrounds the city that it took place.
Garbage cans, construction cones, pallets as well as metal structures have been moved to be piled up on the four lanes at the level of the Porte de la Chapelle.
Shortly after, this set was set on fire, which prevented the passage of motorists.
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Road Closed
Direct consequence: major traffic jams have formed over several kilometers in both directions.
On the outer ring road, a slowdown of nearly 15 kilometers was recorded.
By mid-morning, the situation remained complicated.
Bison Futé, which evokes a
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trend to degradation
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, indicates that the sector between the Porte de Gesvres and that of Beaujoire should remain closed until at least 2 p.m.
With the fire lit by the demonstrators, additional delays are to be feared.
The last time such an operation was carried out, on March 21, road repair work had to be undertaken urgently.
While waiting for the situation to return to normal, a diversion route has been set up in both directions of traffic.
Motorists are advised to follow the following directions:
Outer ring road: exit towards Porte de la Beaujoire and take the secondary road network.
Inner ring road: exit towards Porte de la Chapelle and take the secondary road network.
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Demonstration using saucepan
The mobilization against the pension reform will experience a second highlight this Tuesday in Nantes.
At the call of the inter-union, a demonstration is planned for 6 p.m. in front of the prefecture.
The participants planned to make their anger heard.
For this, they are invited to come with kitchen utensils.
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Let's make some noise so that they hear that we are still mobilized, for the withdrawal of the pension reform and against the repression of social movements
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, writes the CGT of Loire-Atlantique.
In the department, the professional cycling race “Pays de la Loire Tour”, of which this is the first edition, is also impacted on Tuesday.
The start which was to be given from Saint-Nazaire has been relocated to the south of the Loire, in the town of Saint-Père-en-Retz.
The Region, organizer and funder of the event, said it feared actions on the Saint-Nazaire bridge that cyclists had to borrow and which has been the subject of previous blockages.
In Loire-Atlantique, no less than eight demonstrations – a record – are planned for Thursday as part of the eleventh day of national mobilization against pension reform.
Apart from the usual processions in Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson, gatherings are organized in Pontchâteau, Guérande and Machecoul.
