DIRECT. November 5 strike: more than 250 actions announced throughout France, according to a GGT map

Unions are mobilizing throughout France in the new episode of the social unrest underway since the beginning of autumn. Some 252 actions have been announced at this stage for the mobilization of this Thursday, November 5, according to a CGT map, in order to protest against the high cost of living. Schools and transport should be disrupted due to a national strike movement called by trade union organizations, which are demanding an increase in the minimum wage, which has not seen a boost since 2012, an increase in all salaries, more tax justice, preservation of public services, and always better study conditions for young people.

Follow our live stream. • An important police force. On Wednesday evening, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced that he would mobilize 70,000 police officers and gendarmes, promising "an extremely firm response" to possible "overflows".

Intelligence expects to see between 500,000 and 700,000 people in the processions, not counting Paris, with the fear of "numerous violence" and "damage to public buildings", according to a note consulted by franceinfo. • The route proposed by the unions in Paris rejected. The Paris police headquarters on Wednesday evening banned the route initially proposed by the inter-union in the capital, between Place de la Bastille and Place de la Concorde.

In the evening, the Paris administrative court rejected the appeal of the trade union organizations, which notably wished to march near several institutions, including the National Assembly, the Elysée and Matignon. The alternative route proposed by the prefecture will take the Parisian procession between Place de la République and Place de la Nation. • Transport and schools disrupted.

The Ministry of National Education estimates the rate of strikers on Thursday at 17.54% in public primary education. In transport, the four organizations representing the SNCF (CGT, Unsa railway, Sud Rail and CFDT) together called for a strike. Management anticipates “disrupted” traffic on most regional and Ile-de-France lines and “slightly disrupted” for TGVs.

The RATP is counting on "normal" traffic on its metros, buses and trams, with the exception of the RER B, for which one in two trains will run for the North and two out of three for the South.

Machine-translated from French