May 1 parades: the fear of overflows in Nantes

Charles Guyard, edited by Juline Garnier 8:24 p.m., May 01, 2022

REPORT

In this sensitive department, the authorities remain vigilant.

In Nantes perhaps more than elsewhere, there are countless demonstrations that have degenerated.

Labor law, Notre Dame des Landes, Yellow Vests, the Steve Maia Caniço affair are also still in the memories.

Including, moreover, the police who now particularly monitor the banks of the Loire, in which the young man had fallen on the sidelines of a police charge during the Music Festival in 2019.

On this May 1st, placed in a tense social and political context, the main unions obviously want a peaceful mobilization.

But if not, Unsa has already made its position known.

"If we cannot prevent it, we will not be accomplices, we will leave, we will stop the demonstrations to leave the thugs between them", warns Michel Drouet, member of the departmental office.

Vigilance and

street medic

On the side of the CGT, the trade unionists are on a different line.

In other words, they will remain vigilant but present in the street no matter what.

We will be there until the end of the parade.

Around each truck, we are vigilant.

We don't have a security service and it's going very well.

There will be no problem," reassures Ronan Lherbier. The procession was also placed under police surveillance.

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And if despite everything there are overflows, Student Solidarity has already taken the lead with a

in its ranks, a person responsible for providing first aid in case.

"We are doing risk reduction strategies and we can't deny that police violence has increased since 2016 and the labor law in demonstrations in France, so you never know. Prevention is better than cure", says Emma, ​​door word.

Healing, especially society and the world of work, is like every year, the main message.

Hoping that it is not blurred by the overflows.