Equipped with saucepans, demonstrators gathered at Gare de Lyon in Paris to welcome Pap Ndiaye on Monday evening. The Minister of Education was returning from a trip to Lyon where his visit had already been greatly disrupted by concerts of saucepans.
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Composed mainly of young people, the crowd sang anti-fascist and anti-Macron songs in the main hall of the station facing a cordon of police. The minister was able to leave the station without passing in front of the demonstrators.
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Protesters also chanted: “Macron, resign! » The mobilization was all the stronger as it coincided with the « casserolades » organized all over France by opponents of the Head of State on the occasion of the first anniversary of his re-election.
In Paris, several hundred demonstrators equipped with saucepans thus gathered in front of the Hôtel de Ville.
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Some then rushed into unauthorized demonstrations, pacing the streets of the east of the capital, overturning garbage cans and bicycles and sometimes setting them on fire.
In a game of cat and mouse, law enforcement went after these groups.
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The Attac association behind the calls for rallies has claimed more than 400 actions throughout France.
In recent days, the trips of several ministers have been disrupted by concerts of saucepans in protest against the pension reform.
