Strike of October 18 LIVE: More than 70,000 demonstrators in Paris according to the CGT … – 20 Minutes

1:58 p.m .: More than 2,000 demonstrators in Marseille… Figures in the cities Before talking about the Parisian procession (which is starting), some estimates of the crowds in the parades this morning. In Marseille, 2,200 people demonstrated according to the police. They were half as many in Strasbourg, between 1,100 (police) and 1,300 (unions). The demonstration in Le Havre brought together 3,650 people, including employees of the TotalEnergies refinery in Gonfreville-L’Orcher, according to the police. In Rennes, 2,600 people according to the police, 4,500 according to the CGT. In total, nearly 150 assembly points are planned in France. The previous day of interprofessional mobilization, on September 29, had gathered 118,500 people, including 13,500 in Paris according to the police. (250,000 and 40,000 according to the organizers).