French police detained three people who cut off the electricity in the city’s police station, as well as gas in the central district of Cannes. This post informs 20 minutes.
“Three employees of the GRDF and Enedis energy companies were caught red-handed,” the source said.
Now they are all in custody. The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) took responsibility for this action. Celine Petit, the union’s deputy general secretary in the Alpes-Maritimes department, spoke about this.
It has been revealed that the natural gas of the entire sector of the city, including the Congress and Festivals Palace, which hosted the guests of the Cannes Film Festival on May 23, was cut off. Hundreds of homes, hotels and restaurants were left without gas. The power of the police station was also cut off.
Nearly a hundred protesters against pension reform gathered for a rally near the city’s train station, at the call of the CGT union. Protesters held banners that read “No to pension reform”. The demonstrators whistled each time the passengers exited the building.
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During the action, fireworks were detonated and an elderly person participating in the action suffered a heart attack. He was taken to the hospital. The media later reported that the man felt better.
This year’s Cannes Film Festival takes place under high security due to possible protests against pension reform.
It was previously reported to be in Cannes. closed gas in the middle of a film festival. It is known that before the opening of the film festival, electricity generators were installed in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès after the unions threatened to cut off the electricity in the building to protest the pension reform.