Agents from the gas and electricity sector cut power to the Stade de France and the Olympic village site in Saint-Denis on Thursday, the CGT union told journalists on the spot.
The action deprived the Olympic village, the district at the commercial area, data centers and also the Stade de France of energy, said Sbastien Menesplier, secretary general of the CGT energy.
Faced with a government straight in its boots, we too are straight in our boots (…) I call on the responsibility of the government and of the President of the Republic: withdraw your reform and the electricians and gas workers will resume work for the public service and the general interest, he added.
About three hundred agents were present for this action, some of whom, wearing balaclavas, raised their arms and lit smoke bombs to camouflage those who cut the power and thus shelter them from view and cameras.