Supporting CGT Energie: Picketing to Free Detained Trade Unionists

“Free our CGT comrades“. This is what we could read on the banner installed in front of the Bordeaux Police Station. It is in these premises that five members of the CGT Energie were placed in police custody on Wednesday May 24 at the small Morning. A strike picket as a mark of support Very […]

Parot Car Dealership Reports Strong Q1 2021 Turnover Growth of 12.8% to €102.6 Million

The Parot car dealership, based in Bruges (Gironde) ended the first quarter with a turnover up 12.8% to €102.6 million. “This performance reflects the continuity of the strong momentum around passenger and commercial vehicles and our services activities (+8.7%). Our efforts remain focused on gaining new market shares, while this seems to be showing the […]

“Gradignan Prison Exceeds 200% Occupancy Rate Leading to Suspension of Admissions”

According to official data released at the end of March, the penitentiary center of Gradignan was one of the six French prisons exceeding the bar of 200% prison density with 206.6% occupancy rate. Admissions of male prisoners to Gradignan prison, near Bordeaux, have been suspended “until further notice” for lack of space in this detention […]

The Eiffel Footbridge: A Historical Monument in Limbo

Former utility bridge of the SNCF, this metal footbridge crossing the Garonne was almost destroyed, before being classified as a “historical monument” in 2010. No development project has yet seen the light of day, to the chagrin of the descendants of the engineer, a hundred after his death. Le Figaro Bordeaux It was with her […]

a teacher targeted by threatening tags in Gironde

A new salvo of tags, discovered this Wednesday and signed Nationalist Direct Action, targets Franck Cavallier, elected Renaissance and senior education adviser. Le Figaro Bordeaux This time, nationalist direct action tags directly target an elected Renaissance official, senior education adviser in Saint-Médard-en-Jalles. If the offender (s) made the wrong school by tagging the Lycée Sud […]