This live is now over. To protest against the pension reform, 45,000 demonstrators marched in Lyon on Tuesday according to the unions, 25,000 according to the police.

The inter-union has already announced two new days of mobilization on February 7 and 11.

After a second day of protest against the pension reform on Tuesday, the trade unions have called for the movement to continue with new calls for mobilization on Tuesday February 7 and Saturday February 11.

According to the unions, 80% of the employees of the Feyzin refinery were on strike today.

At the microphone of BFM Lyon, Julien Juanico, Force Ouvrière delegate, says he is “open to discussion” with the government but does not rule out continuing or even intensifying the movement.

According to the Rhône prefecture, two people were arrested on the sidelines of the demonstration in Lyon.

They are suspected of having committed damage.

The thousands of demonstrators massed on Place Bellecour began to disperse around 5:45 p.m.

Fabienne Buccio, the new prefect of the Rhône, reacted to the degradation of the French and European flags on the sidelines of the demonstration. The banners were burned on the roof of the tourist office.

The prefect also condemned “hate tags registered against the police”.

“These acts are contrary to republican values,” she lambasted in a tweet.

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Tags hostile to the police were discovered in Lyon on the sidelines of the demonstration against the pension reform project.

According to the police, 25,000 people took part in the procession against the pension reform project in the streets of Lyon.

On January 19, 23,000 people marched, the same source said.

Some Lyon protesters know how to handle humor. One of them paraded with a sign referring to the president of OL, a club in the midst of a sporting crisis.

“Aulas, 73 years old, still active. Do you see the damage Manu?”, Can we read on the sign.

45,000 people gathered in the streets of Lyon to protest against the pension reform project, the unions told BFM Lyon.

By January 19, 38,000 demonstrators had been turned away.

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Leaving at around 2 p.m., the procession approaches Place Bellecour, where the demonstration is to end.

Several high school students have decided not to go to class today to demonstrate against the pension reform project.

“I came to fight for my rights, the rights of my family, the rights of all the children who will come into the world, the rights of the little ones, who tomorrow will die at work, reacted Célia, a high school student present in the procession. , at the microphone of BFM Lyon.

Hélène Geoffroy, the mayor of Vaulx-en-Velin, is part of the procession that parades through the streets of Lyon.

“In solidarity with the inter-union, we are tens of thousands of demonstrators in the streets of Lyon to say no to retirement at 64,” wrote the socialist on his Twitter account.

Gathered in front of the Tobacco Factory, the procession set off around 2 p.m.

The demonstrators took the direction of Place Bellecour.

The rectorate of the academy of Lyon announces this midday, in a press release, that 21.58% of the teachers are strikers.

This figure is down from the previous demonstration against the pension reform with 36.33% of teachers striking on January 19.

In the first degree, 21.27% of teachers are strikers in the academy, according to the rectorate and 21.96% in the second degree.

These figures are slightly lower than the national average announced at more than 25% by the Ministry of National Education.

The Saint-Exupéry high school, in the 4th arrondissement of Lyon, has been blocked by several dozen high school students since this morning.

This blockade was still in progress at 11 a.m., noted a journalist from BFM Lyon on the spot.

This morning, around 8 a.m., the yellow vests gathered at the TEO toll booth on the northern ring road.

They carried out a “free toll” operation which lasted about half an hour, noted BFM Lyon on the spot.

The strike movement disrupts the opening of university libraries (BU) in Lyon.

The Manu library is closed all day, the Palais library is open until 7 p.m., like the MILC library.

Ecologist deputy for the 2nd district of the Rhône, Hubert Julien-Laferrière, will be in the Paris procession this Tuesday against the pension reform, he announced on BFM Lyon.

The elected representative asks for the withdrawal of the project carried by the government and carries alternative proposals.

“Inequalities have never been so glaring as today. Can’t we make the most wealthy contribute a little bit?” Asks Hubert Julien-Laferrière.

The Green MP wants “a system to make the richest contribute” to have a “justice reform” and avoid pushing back the legal retirement age.

The students are also mobilizing in this day of strike against the pension reform. The Sciences Po Lyon building was notably blocked on Tuesday morning.

The main refineries and fuel depots of the oil giant TotalEnergies have 75 to 100% of strikers mobilized against the pension reform project, at the call of the CGT, the union said on Tuesday.

In the Rhône, the Feyzin refinery has 80% strikers, according to Eric Sellini, national union coordinator for TotalEnergies.

A demonstration is planned for Tuesday in Lyon against the pension reform wanted by the government. As on January 19, the procession will leave the tobacco factory to reach Place Bellcour. It will start at 2 p.m.

On January 19, the demonstration had gathered 38,000 people according to the unions, 23,000 according to the police.

The strike will have consequences on the functioning of schools in Lyon. 82 school restaurants are closed today out of a total of 208.

Morning day care is closed at 13 schools in the city. “After class” reception is inaccessible in 35 schools and “late afternoon” reception is not open in 36 schools.

Disruptions are to be expected in Lyon transport throughout the day. Traffic is completely interrupted on line B of the metro, line T7 of the tram and line F1 of the funicular.

Line D runs every three minutes and line A runs every four minutes. For users of line B, substitute buses have been put in place.

Finally, the tram lines, excluding line 7, and the buses must run at the usual times.

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Welcome to this live guaranteed to the day of mobilization against the pension reform this Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in Lyon.