Three French energy workers were arrested on Tuesday following power cuts in parts ofCannes, which is currently in the second week of the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (May 16-27)
According to local media reports, the towns main police station as well as a number of beachfront restaurants were deprived of electricity and gas around midday just as they were about to start their busy lunchtime sitting.
The reports quoted a police source as saying that three men working for energy companies GRDF and Enedis had been caught in the act and were currently being held in police custody.
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There were also reports that energy company Enedis thwarted an attempt earlier in the day to shut down a power station in the Cannes-La Bocca district, which supplies electricity to much of the town.
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In April,Frances main energy workers unionthreatened to cut power suppliesfor the festival as part of ongoing protests against unpopular pension reforms, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old by 2030.
The CGT FNME (Federation National des Mines et de lEnergie) named the Cannes Film Festival as being among a number of big events that would be targeted alongside the Monaco Grand Prix, the Roland Garros tennis tournament and the Avignon Festival.
The union later claimed responsibility for the outages saying the action had been targeted at strong symbols of capitalism, the world of finance and its uninhibited ultra luxury.
