Le Figaro Lyon
A wild demonstration against the pension reform is announced in Lyon, this Monday evening at 8 p.m., at the same time as the presidential address by Emmanuel Macron.
A rally is planned under the windows of Lyon City Hall.
Other similar demonstrations are planned at the same time in front of many town halls in France.
According to our information, at the time of writing, no ban on demonstrations has been put in place in downtown Lyon.
New clashes this weekend
Friday evening, during the announcement of the Constitutional Council not to censor the law against the pension reform, promulgated since, the unions had announced that they wanted to continue the fight in the street.
“
We should not hide our faces, salvation will not come from the Constitutional Council.
It will come from the strike, it's our 49.3 to us.
The fight is not lost.
We must now block the economy, it is the only way to make them go back
, “said the Solidaires union at the microphone.
The rally quickly turned into a wild procession, without the unions, and many clashes took place on the slopes and on the plateau of Croix-Rousse between black bloc activists and the police.
On Saturday, a new demonstration took place in the Guillotière district, where new clashes took place.
Two people were arrested.