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Absender : aguiton@sud.unions.eu.org (Christophe) Org.-Empf. : marches97-info.eng@ras.eu.org Weiterleiter marches97-info.eng-request@ras.eu.org Betreff : Success of the Luxembourg Demonstration Datum : Mi 26.11.97, 21:55 (erhalten: 27.11.97) Groesse : 2847 Bytes
The Luxembourg Demonstration - numerically, a clear success
The Luxembourg demonstration of November 20, united over more than 30 000 participants coming from all Europe.
The Luxembourg delegation headed the cortege with nearly 2000 trade unionists. They were followed by smaller groups of delegations from Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy. There were many thousands in the DGB German group. Then came the Belgian delegation, who were not only the most combative, but probably the largest group of all and even more so, in relation to the size of their population. The French, with over 10 000 participants, ended the cortege.
The march demonstration was no doubt the liviest. A musical accompaniment by the Luxembourg brass band added greatly to the atmosphere. They were made up of around 2000 people and were grouped together with the Belgian contingent. The delegations' banners and slogans made it very European affair. Also included were those delegations, such as Great Britain and Holland, who came despite their national official trade union movement boycotting the demonstration. The visual presence of the European Marches throughout the cortege, was also due to the Luxembourg committee's ingenuous idea of giving out to all delegates, a white "pocho" in plastic which proved to be a wonderful protection against a persistant rain during the beginning of the demonstration. The "poncho" carried the Marches' logo with the foot symbol on one side and on the other side carried the slogan : "unemployment y basta" (that enough of that!). Directly after the demonstration, an open meeting took place. Amongst contributions, was a report from the Dutch comarades on the findings of the official investigative commission into the arbitary and illegal arrests made by the police during the Amsterdam European March Rally. Latest information : Paris. More than 100 participants of the French delegation sucessfully travelled to the Luxembourg demonstration by train on a "free transport for the unemployed" operation from the Gare de l'Est in spite of police attempts to prevent them.
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