Europe 1 with AFP 16:42 pm, April 04, 2023

On Tuesday, the Bordeaux train station and 22,000 homes in the city center were deprived of electricity after a power cut caused by protesters against the pension reform. At midday, the demonstrators occupied a local RTE, interrupting the supply of the station and the surrounding district, said the SNCF.

A power cut caused by demonstrators against the pension reform on Tuesday deprived Bordeaux station and 22,000 homes in the city center of electricity, according to SNCF and network operator RTE. At midday, the demonstrators occupied a local RTE, interrupting the supply of the station and the surrounding district, said the SNCF. Tracks and train traffic were not affected.

"Energy sobriety of the Saint-Jean station"

The CGT Energy has claimed to AFP the "energy sobriety of the Saint-Jean station, as well as part of the district" as part of an "interprofessional action". The outage lasted about two hours before a gradual restoration of power. At 13:20 p.m., all homes were recharged, said RTE, which apologized to users for the "inconvenience caused". "We will strongly condemn these actions that go against our public service missions and we will file a complaint with the competent authorities," an RTE spokeswoman told AFP.

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Since the beginning of the conflict, strikers in the sector have multiplied power cuts, against parliamentary offices - up to that of the President of the Senate Gérard Larcher - or the homes of politicians, but also on a larger scale. Recently, 43,000 homes were temporarily without power in the Var or 32,000 in the Ardennes. On March 23, on the sidelines of a day of national mobilization, a power cut had already affected up to 8,000 customers in the city center of Bordeaux, according to the electricity distributor Enedis.