Emmanuel Macron continues his reconquest of the French on the ground. Monday, May 8, in the afternoon, he will go to the Rhône for a visit which already promises to be tense.

On this occasion, he will pay tribute to the resistance fighter Jean Moulin, as the 80th anniversary of his arrest and death approaches. The President of the Republic will pay a visit to the Montluc Prison Memorial where Jean Moulin, other resistance fighters and Jews were detained during the German Occupation. In Klaus Barbie’s cell, he will deliver a speech in “homage to the French Resistance and to the victims of Nazi barbarism”.

But this move may well be disrupted by protesters against the pension reform. While several calls for “pans” and rallies have been launched on social networks and by the CGT, the prefecture has taken the decision to ban the demonstrations.

Processions, parades and protest rallies will be banned on Monday, May 2023, 8, in this sector ??

As of Friday, she announced the establishment of a security perimeter with, in particular, the prohibition of “processions, parades and protest rallies”. Parking will also be prohibited from this Sunday afternoon around the Montluc prison.

A decision contested by the CGT du Rhône and Force Ouvrière, who announced that they would file an appeal. The CGT departmental union of the Rhône and the metropolis of Lyon had called for a rally to commemorate the social heritage of the Resistance near the site where the President of the Republic is to go.

If the ban is lifted, opponents of the pension reform have met at Montluc Park 2 p.m. before Macron’s arrival scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Otherwise, they will be heard a few streets further, the unions explained.

Another demonstration against the pension reform on Saturday afternoon in Lyon had also been banned by the prefecture. But the administrative court of Lyon, seized by the organizers, had finally authorized it. Surrounded by a large police force, it gathered some 650 people.

The prefecture of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Rhône region also condemned Sunday on its Twitter account of “unacceptable damage near the Maison Dugoujon at @villeCaluire, the place where Jean Moulin was arrested, and the memorial to him. dedicated “.

These degradations come “on the eve of a republican ceremony to pay tribute to him for his essential role in the unification of the French Resistance”, she underlines.

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Since the promulgation of the pension reform, each of the members of the government has been greeted by pots when they travel. To escape it, Gérald Darmanin denied a trip to the North on Friday before going there anyway the next day when “pans” were announced to welcome him.

On Monday, for Macron’s visit to Lyon, the area will be monitored by the police using drones and public transport will be disrupted in the area.