May Day demonstration in Paris: metro stations closed this Sunday – archyde

Several tens of thousands of people will march in France on Sunday for the traditional International Labor Day, at the call of many unions and associations. “We need the widest possible mobilization on wages”, supported in our pages Philippe Martinez, the general secretary of the CGT. In Paris, around 20,000 demonstrators are expected, according to BFMTV. The procession will set off at 2:30 p.m. from Place de la République, towards Place de la Nation. At the request of the police headquarters, several metro stations along the route will be closed, warns the RATP. Trains will not stop and connections will not be made. From 10 a.m.: Champs-Élysées-Clémenceau (M1 and M13). From noon: Nation (M1, M2, M6, RER A); Temple (M3); Oberkampf (M5, M9); Saint-Ambroise (M9); Voltaire (M9); Charonne (M9); Rue des Boulets (M9); Richard Lenoir (M5); Bréguet-Sabin (M5); Girls du Calvaire (M8); Parmentier (M3); Rue Saint Maur (M3). The reopening will be by order of the police headquarters.