Montpellier
Montpellier students to vote on further blockades
Updates from university occupations in Toulouse and Montpellier following the withdrawal of the CPE.
The 20,000 students of Paul Valéry University have been called by the management department to vote for or against the release of the campus, as Jean-Marie Miossec, the president of the faculty, announced on Tuesday, 11th April. All access to the building accesses has been blocked by anti-CPE students since the 21st February.
The anti-CPE struggle continues in France
The withdrawal of the CPE was announced today. This is a victory for the protesters, however the government still has the ability to strongarm similar legislation through and has not withdrawn the other parts of the new law package.
The "loi sur l'egalite des chances" of which the CPE was only a part, remains.
The alliance of unions that opposed the CPE has called for a continuation of the struggle as have many of the protesting groups. The CPE was the straw that broke the camel's back, but the reaction may well see all similar legislation withdrawn.
Montpellier - reaction to the withdrawal, and events this week
Our correspondent in Montpellier reacts to the withdrawal of the CPE and gives a run down of events there this past week.
So Chirac's withdrawn the CPE?
More UMP party offices vandalised while Bishops declare support
An update from one of our correspondent about vandalism in Montpellier and bishops acknowledging the suffering of French youth.
Around sixty students and high-school pupils vandalized the premises of UMP at Montpellier on Wednesday the 5th April. Furniture, posters and the post mail were thrown on the pavement at Assas avenue. The police noticed several inscriptions in the UMP premises relating to the anti-CPE movement : “Sarko tyrant” “the youth has spoken, listen to it”.
CPE protests: Blockades across France
Brief reports of the road and rail blockades across the country last Thursday 28 March, and updates on the mushrooming high school occupations as 62% declare solidarity with the anti-CPE movement.
Latest Poll
62% of French 'united', or 'in solidarity' with the anti-CPE movement (LCI poll)
Groups of a hundred in moving blockades, Lille
A week in Montpellier
A first hand account of events in Montpellier this week, sent to us from an English resident who has been involved in events there.
16/03/2006 Montpellier : Demonstration, Occupation, Police and Thieves
