Nantes
CPE struggle: Roads blocked in Brittany
Road stoppings by students opposed to the CPE today strongly disrupted access to Rennes, Nantes, Brest and Lannion today.
The three road blockades set up in Rennes were cleared at around 10am, on order of the CRS riot police, which at times used teargas. But the operation took place without confrontations according to the police force.
Thibault Boyer, vice-president of the UNEF to the board of directors of Rennes-II said that "its a symbolic blocking to show our determination against the CPE".
Images of yesterday's demonstrations
Photographs of Saturday 18 March's mass demonstrations against the CPE employment law in France.
Nantes station blockaded
From six o'clock yesterday evening, between 2,000 and 3,000 youths blockaded Nantes train station.
In Nantes all university buildings except the School for Medicine are blocked.
100,000 on the streets in Brittany
Nearly 100,000 demonstrate in Brittany against the CPE.
Numbers on demonstrations
Rennes: 20 000
Nantes: 30 000
Brest: 12 000
Quimper: 4000
Saint Brieuc : 12 000
Valves: 2500
Lorient: 6000
Saints-Nazaire: 4000
Chateaubriant: 400
Redon: 200
Ferns: 150
Dinan: 100
Glazed: 100
Pontivy: 1000
Saint Malo: 150
Students from Rennes stated:
One million throng streets in towns across France
Around a million took to the streets today to join protests against the CPE.
Police put the figure at 396,000. Demonstrations took place in 160 cities accress France.
