In the midst of the Cannes Film Festival, trade unions cut off electricity and gas in the city
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Electricity and gas cut off in Cannes in protest against pension reform
The city of Cannes in southern France on Tuesday was partially left without electricity and gas for some time, radio station France Info reported.
The prefecture of the region explained that hotels and restaurants in the city were affected by the disconnection from energy sources. The authorities linked the situation to the protests of power engineers dissatisfied with the pension reform, who had previously promised “100 days of anger.”
It is noted that the city is now hosting the international Cannes Film Festival.
Its organizers stocked up on power generators in advance in case the unions decide to turn off the electricity. The prefecture banned any demonstration near the Croisette.
On March 16, the French government decided to carry out pension reform bypassing the vote in the National Assembly, using the constitutional article 49.3. The reform provides for raising the retirement age to 64 from 62. The opposition factions of the lower house of the French parliament on March 20 put forward 2 votes of no confidence in the government, but none received the required number of votes.
The reform was adopted, after which mass protests began in France.
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