Demonstrations against pension reform: traders grimace

We feel her on edge. Tired and a bit revolted too. This Thursday noon, after the passage of the inter-union procession which demonstrated against the pension reform, Catherine hastily closed her restaurant in the historic district of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique). “All the traders felt that the tone was changing,” she says. There was a fire on the tram tracks. And then, at the end of the demonstration, we saw people in hoods, ready to do battle with the police. “Last Tuesday, a tear gas bomb even landed in the middle of his restaurant, which was still open. “Fortunately, we had brought the customers up to the first floor,” she says. That evening, I made 45 covers instead of the usual 120. »