The headquarters of the CGT in Montreuil vandalized in the night – The Point

After the CFDT Thursday night, the headquarters of the CGT that was vandalized on the night of Friday to Saturday. It is the union’s general secretary, Philippe Martinez, who told Agence France-Presse. He said that the CGT would complain. The incident was immediately condemned by the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls.

“It was done quickly enough. Hooded Individuals with backpacks crossed the barriers and typed, bound with beefy objects on doors and windows, “said Philippe Martinez. “In the images of the video, we see two individuals,” he said.

Unprecedented violence

However, people hooded could not enter inside the seat of the first French union. “There are many doors to cross to go to headquarters. They broke the first, the windows on the sides, but they could not enter because there is a system that fires,” added Philippe Martinez whose central is in the forefront in mobilizing against the labor law since March alongside FO, Solidaires, FSU, LDIFs, UNEF and UNL. “The worst has been avoided,” he told the Secretary-General, ensuring that the seat has so far never been a victim of violence of “this magnitude”.

Manuel Valls responded on his Twitter account a “strong condemnation of vandalism against the headquarters of the CGT.” “Nothing can justify these attacks against the actors of social democracy,” he wrote.

firm condemnation of vandalism against the headquarters of the CGT. Nothing can justify these attacks against the actors of social democracy

-. Manuel Valls (@manuelvalls) June 25, 2016

An attempt to discredit the social movement?

police sources said two hooded individuals have crossed the gates equipped with hammers Saturday at 23 h 30. They broke windows seven to eight before being put to flight by guards. “There is video surveillance, but they will be very difficult to identify because of the balaclavas. It looks like a rematch after breaking the CFDT,” the police source, that evokes people “obviously well organized.” The investigation was entrusted to the police station of Montreuil.

The CFDT, which itself supports the project of the government, also saw its headquarters vandalized on the night of Thursday to Friday at a wild event where a hundred people smashed windows and inscribed on the front: “It’s over to betray.” After these impairments condemned by all unions, including the CGT, Laurent Berger, secretary general of the CFDT, was received Friday by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

“After the CFDT, c ‘ CGT is who is attacked. We reiterate that only the debate and union action by the mobilizations possible to hear the claims of employees and the world of work, “the CGT yet responded in a statement. “The violence committed merely serve these claims and help to try to discredit the social movement in progress. The verbal abuse and insults against the CGT also help to maintain this poisonous atmosphere,” notes the confederation.

the CGT found herself at the center of government critics, including Prime Minister Manuel Valls, after the violence occurred during a demonstration in Paris against the labor law June 14