September 10: In Dunkirk, “people raise their heads and fight for their dignity”
Report: More than a thousand people responded to the call to "block everything" and demonstrated on September 10 in the northern city, where national politics is as much of a concern as the future of the region's ArcelorMittal factories, which are affected by a social plan.
By Agathe Ranc
The procession in Dunkirk, September 10, 2025. ANOUK DESURY FOR “LE NOUVEL OBS”
"Being peaceful and singing in the street is pointless." Except, perhaps, "to show that we're angry, and to put the brakes on certain things," Gervais concedes, a few minutes before the start of the demonstration organized in Dunkirk as part of the call to "block everything" this Wednesday, September 10. No spectacular blockade here, but nearly 2,000 demonstrators gathered to march between the Nord sub-prefecture station and the square...
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