STRAIGHT. Pension reforms: challenge continues until new meeting on March 28

Council of Europe alarmed by use of force at demonstrations

Reports of police violence seem to have increased in recent days. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović on Friday was alarmed by the “excessive use of force” against anti-pension reform demonstrators, urging France to respect the right to freedom of demonstration.

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On the set of C à vous, Laurent Nunez, among other things, was invited to respond to a recording presented by Le Monde and Loopsider in which alleged agents of Brav-M (Motorized Violence Squad) make abusive, offensive, threatening remarks against several anti-pension reform demonstrators prohibited by law.

Police prefect defends police work in Paris

On the set of C à vous, on France 5, on Friday, the prefect of police wanted to protect the work of the police controlling the announced demonstrations. “The reaction of the police is proportional,” insisted Laurent Nunez, who denounced the presence of black blocs in the preliminary motorcade who “commit abuses, attack merchants.” “All police interventions occur only when the black blocs begin to act, that is, business begins to degrade,” he added.

Community events this weekend

After a large rally on Thursday, the union again scheduled a meeting on Tuesday for demonstrators and strikers. In the meantime, rallies of local trade unions are planned for this weekend.

Good morning

And welcome to this new direct about pension reform and the ongoing protest on the street.