Bordeaux: march sets off at 2 pm from place de la Bourse

Le parcours syndical du 31 octobre a été validé.

The thing that received the action is the subject, as in “was adopted” or “was confirmed”. A / ont is avoir and été is the past participle of être. The last past participle changes in gender and number with the subject: adopté, adoptée, adoptés, adoptées.

Cette autorisation ne supprime pas toutes les restrictions dans le centre-ville.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon Bordeaux Gazette et Le Parisien, le cortège syndical doit partir le 31 octobre à 14 heures de la place de la Bourse et rejoindre la place de la Victoire.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Cette fois, le parcours syndical déclaré est autorisé.

Est is third-person singular and sont third-person plural of être. They express “is / are” — a state or description. If a past participle follows, it is a different structure such as the passive, so check the words that follow.

Le 24 octobre, une partie de l’hypercentre était interdite aux manifestations.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

Le défilé doit notamment passer par les allées de Tourny, la place Gambetta et le cours d’Albret.

Devoir + infinitive means “must”, but depending on context it can also mean “is expected to”. Devrait is conditional. In the news, judge from the context whether it is an obligation or a forecast.

Bordeaux GazetteとLe Parisienによると、31日の労組によるデモは14時にブルス広場を出発し、ヴィクトワール広場へ向かう予定です。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

ただし、中心部のどこでも集会が自由になったという意味ではありません。

These forms limit and deny an interpretation: “it does not necessarily follow” or “that is not what is meant”. They do not necessarily deny every fact in the sentence. Read what is being denied together with the earlier part.

経路の許可は、中心部全体の規制解除ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

経路はトゥルニー通り、ガンベッタ広場、アルブレ通りなどを通ります。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.

31日の労組の経路が認められました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

Le Parisienは、サントカトリーヌ通りを横切らない経路だと報じています。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.