► The SNCF and RATP networks severely disrupted
A new day of galleys in transport is looming for users. According to SNCF forecasts, one in two TGVs should run on average. On the regional networks, only three out of ten TER will circulate.
In Paris, most metro lines will only operate during peak hours or at slower speeds. At Paris Orly airport, the general directorate of civil aviation (DGAC) has requested the cancellation of one in five flights to deal with the air traffic controllers’ strike. Disruptions are also expected on Wednesday, February 8.
► Marseille, Lyon, Rennes, Toulouse: the morning events
At the call of the unions, several parades in the region will take place in the morning. In Marseille, the demonstration leaves at 10.30 a.m. from the Old Port. That of Lyon has as its starting point the Manufactures des Tabacs, in the 8th arrondissement, at noon and then joins Place Bellecour (2nd).
The Rennes procession will begin its route at the Place de Bretagne at 11 a.m., while that of Nantes will meet at the Miroir d’Eau at 10:30 a.m. In Toulouse, the demonstration begins at 10 a.m. from Saint-Cyprien metro station. In Caen, the parade should start on Place Saint-Pierre at 10:30 a.m.
► The Parisian route: between the Garnier and Bastille opera houses
After leaving Place d’Italie during the second day of mobilization on January 31, the Parisian procession returns to the right bank of the capital. The start of the event will be given around 2 p.m. on the Place de l’Opéra, in the 9th arrondissement.
The procession will cross the boulevards of the Italians, Montmartre, Poissonnière, Bonne-Nouvelle, Saint-Denis, Saint-Martin and the Place de la République. Then it will take the boulevards du Temple, des Filles du Calvaire and Beaumarchais. The end of the demonstration is scheduled for 7 p.m., on the Place de la Bastille.
► Approximately 4,500 MW of reductions in electricity production at EDF power plants
The EDF strikers have been cutting electricity production since Monday. This reached nearly 4,500 MW on Tuesday, the equivalent of more than four nuclear reactors, but without causing cuts, we learned from the CGT and the EDF website.
Several nuclear power plants, such as that of Paluel (Seine-Maritime) and Dampierre (Loiret), but also the coal-fired power plant of Cordemais (Loire-Atlantique) or the thermal power plant of Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône) were affected, with “high rates of strikers” and “filtering at the entrance to the sites”, according to Fabrice Coudour, federal secretary of the FNME-CGT.
On the side of TotalEnergies, the CGT announced Tuesday morning between 75 and 100% of strikers in the group’s refineries. “Shipments of products from TotalEnergies sites are interrupted today”, indicated the management, i.e. methods of action similar to those of previous days of action against the pension reform project.
► Rennes 2 students vote to block their university
Several hundred students from Rennes 2 University have decided to block their faculty for the national day of mobilization against the pension reform project on Tuesday.
At the end of Louis Boyard’s public meeting, students from Rennes 2 voted to block the university #greve7fevrierpic.twitter.com/B0bZvzGsxr
– The Monthly of Rennes (@MensueldeRennes) February 6, 2023
After a vote held on Monday afternoon, students took out tables, chairs and other university furniture and piled them up in front of the accesses leading to two of the faculty buildings. The vote was organized in the wake of a public meeting of the deputy La France insoumise (LFI) of Val-de-Marne Louis Boyard, guest on the campus.
