As discussions between unions and the government are at an impasse, a total of 570,000 demonstrators marched this Thursday, April 6 in France, including 57,000 in Paris, for the eleventh day of mobilization against the pension reform, indicated The police headquarters.

On March 28, 740,000 people had mobilized across the country, including 93,000 in Paris, according to Place Beauvau. The CGT has for its part identified nearly 2 million demonstrators, including 400,000 in the capital, against “more than 2 million” in France and 450,000 in Paris on March 28. In the evening, the inter-union set the date for the next day of action on April 13, the day before the long-awaited decision of the Constitutional Council.

Before the departure of the Parisian procession, the new secretary general of the CGT Sophie Binet castigated a government which "lives in a parallel reality", accusing it of acting "as if nothing had happened" in the face of "deep anger" against reform. At his side, the number one of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, observed that "the challenge is still as strong" even if the participation figures of the day are "not the most important since the beginning" of the social movement.

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reported 111 arrests and 154 police officers injured in France.

In Lyon, damage was committed on the route, including a looted Nespresso store and a destroyed Tesla car. Blocking actions at the gates of major cities have caused traffic jams, particularly in Lyon and Rennes but also around Brest and Caen.

Less followed strikes

The strikes were however less marked, in particular at the SNCF, with three out of four TGVs and one out of two TERs and, in Paris, "almost normal" traffic for the metro and the RER.

On the refinery side, after the announcement of the restart of production at the Esso-ExxonMobil site in Port-Jérôme-Gravenchon (Seine-Maritime), its neighbor TotalEnergies in Gonfreville-L'Orcher remains the only one whose production is still stopped.

In education, the ministry has identified less than 8% of striking teachers. Some high schools and universities have been blocked, for example, in Paris, the Sorbonne and Assas. In Rennes, the faculty of law was closed, as were the three campuses of Lyon-2.

The rate of strikers in local authorities and hospitals was 0.5 point higher than that of the previous day of mobilization. In the territorial public service (about 2 million agents), it thus stands at 3.9%, against 3.4% on March 28 at midday, according to figures from the Ministry of the Public Service.

In the hospital public service (1.2 million agents), it rises to 5.9% against 5.4% during the previous day of mobilization. On the other hand, in the largest side of the public sector, the State civil service (2.5 million agents), the rate of strikers is identical to that of March 28 and reached 6.5% at midday. .

At EDF, where around one in two agents went on strike during the first days of mobilization, participation stalled with 19.9% ​​of strikers according to figures noted at midday by management, after 21.5% March 28 according to the same source.

The unions want to "keep the flame alive"

But as since January 10 and the presentation of the reform, the biggest blockage is above all to be found between the executive and the unions, whose relations are turning sour. After a meeting that came to an end on Wednesday at Matignon, the head of government said that she did not plan " to move forward without the social partners".

More battles are to be expected. The next was not chosen at random: the next day of action will take place on April 13, on the eve of the decision of the Constitutional Council. Laurent Berger hopes that the Sages censor "the whole of the law".

Otherwise, estimated the number one of the FSU Benoît Teste this Thursday, a green light to the procedure of referendum of shared initiative (RIP) on pensions "can allow us to maintain the flame".