“And I would like to remind the workers who died at work of a very widespread tragedy, perhaps too widespread,” he added, quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA.
In Germany, the celebrations were marked by numerous events throughout the country, especially in berlin Y Hamburg, with motorcycle and bicycle parades, protests against coronavirus restrictions, and demonstrations and actions by leftist and radical leftist groups.
Some 20,000 people were expected to demonstrate in the Neukoelln district of Berlin and authorities announced the deployment of 6,000 police in the capital, the German news agency DPA reported.
In parallel, according to a police spokesman, in Dortmund, the police dispersed left-wing demonstrators who tried to attack them, while a spokesman for the group Antifa Autonoma 170 denounced that the police had repressed a peaceful counter-demonstration to a far-right march.
In the case of Italy, President Sergio Mattarella gave a speech at the Quirinal, the presidential palace, in which he emphasized that safety at work and “the integrity of the person and the workers is an essential part” of the “constitutional pact” , and that “work is an instrument of progress and affirmation of people” and “not a potentially lethal game of chance”.
In this sense, he proposed “an alliance pact between institutions, civil society, social and economic forces, to fight against a scourge that disrupts the lives of too many families, represents a humiliation for the business world and a defeat for those who, by producing goods and services, see their business disfigured by these deaths,” he urged, reported the Italian news agency ANSA.
In France, the celebration for International Workers’ Day focused on Paris and it was attended by leaders of leftist parties, such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon, from France Insumisa, who asked to “sacrifice everything for the objectives of the struggle” and “overcome grudges”, ahead of the legislative elections on June 12 .
The mobilization started from the Place de la République, after the previous concentrations this morning in multiple French cities, with Lyon at the head, where some 6,000 people marched. According to ANSA, clashes were reported between a group of young people dressed in black and the police, who repressed them.
Some 1,900 people according to the Police and 4,500 according to the organizers also met in Bordeaux; 3,600 in Marseille; 3,500 in Toulouse; and between 1,500 and 2,500 in Strasbourg, according to the local newspaper Le Figaro.
Meanwhile, in Spain, the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, stated in a tweet that he was working with “the legislature, social dialogue and public policies” to “protect labor rights, guarantee the best working conditions, equality between men and women or promote training for employment,” reported the Europa Press news agency.
In Brussels, The demonstration left vehicles and shops damaged after a small group of people took advantage of the march to make graffiti on cars or shop windows, as well as to break windows of some vehicles, according to the Belga news agency.
Inscriptions such as “too expensive” or the slogan “ACAB” (acronym in English for “all cops are bastards”) were written on the vehicles. The same thing happened at some bus stops. The Belgian Police reported several incidents.
While in Istanbul, At least 188 people were arrested this Sunday for trying to participate in May Day demonstrations, banned for years by the authorities, the Turkish newspaper reported. Cumhuriyet.
Most were arrested when trying to reach Taksim Square, the center for years of demonstrations and marches for May Day, and which today was closed and guarded by the Police.
Source: Ambito
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