They are still several hundred to parade on the pavement of Toulouse, Friday afternoon, at the call of the inter-union. Within the procession, and between two showers, Emma, Servane, Lise and Mirina, aged 21 and 22, are students at Jean-Jaurès University. “We have done all the demonstrations from the start and we will continue to fight until this government resigns or finally listens to the people”, they say. Regarding the decision of the Constitutional Council, the young women also agree: “We don’t expect anything, they are Macron’s friends”they believe before joining the student procession.
At Jean-Jaurès University, after a vote at a general meeting on Wednesday, the blockage will continue until Tuesday. The premises of the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) have been occupied since March 8.
In the morning, a power cut caused by agents of the General Confederation of Labor in the energy sector (CGT-Energie) plunged into darkness for an hour approximately 11,000 inhabitants of the east of the city. The union is protesting against the legal proceedings against four RTE employees in Hauts-de-France, dismissed for what their company considers to be acts of ” cybercriminality “.