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May 1 demonstrations: clashes and tensions expected in the streets of France

2023-04-28T10:07:54.865Z


With a mobilization five to six times greater than that of the last traditional labor holidays, next Monday could look like, according to the intelligence services, a thirteenth day of action against pensions. No less than 12,000 police and gendarmes...


Presented as a final baroud of the sling launched in January against the pension reform, the demonstrations of May 1 will in places take place under very high tension.

According to our information, serious risks of clashes and ransacking are again expected in Nantes and Rennes, centers of the ultra-left where several hundred thugs could take action.

Faced with the storm warning, the Minister of the Interior announced his intention to deploy four units of CRS or mobile gendarmes in each of the two cities.

In total, around twenty municipalities will be particularly scrutinized

,”

an informed source told Le

Figaro .

Among them are Lyon, Toulouse and Dijon, where many activists still dream of the big night.

Finally, Le Havre could be the scene of clashes between far-right activists and

local “

antifas ”.

As soon as there are demonstrations, there are risks of the constitution of black blocks

” squeaks one…

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Source: lefigaro

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