Nouvelles manifestations samedi en France : les autorités redoutent un nouveau 17-Octobre
"Exceptional" security measures and alarmist tones: for new mobilizations against the high cost of living, in the middle of Halloween on Saturday, French authorities, facing a day of "very high risk" two weeks after the nightmare of October 17, are deploying some 70,000 police officers and gendarmes and multiplying coercive measures.
"Episodes of urban violence comparable to those of October 17 are anticipated throughout the day" on Saturday and "from nightfall onwards," warned the entourage of the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, on Friday.
Between 550,000 and 800,000 people, according to estimates, marched on October 17 in France, a day marked by scenes of chaos, including looting of shops, fires in public buildings and clashes with law enforcement.
Faced with "the numerous calls to commit looting that we are recording on social networks", the October 24th plan to protect businesses "will be renewed and amplified", the Interior Minister assured on Thursday, warning of a day "with a very high risk of public disorder".
Between 410,000 and 800,000 people marched, already surrounded by some 70,000 members of the security forces, in a climate of less violence.
- Authorized demonstration in Paris –
For this Saturday, 350 demonstrations likely to draw between 350,000 and 450,000 people in total have been identified, a police source indicated. Some are even describing a "pre-insurrectionary climate," another police source told AFP.
The authorities did not want to allow demonstrations far from city centers, such as in Paris, where the approved route is the one proposed by the Paris prefecture, from the Porte de Bagnolet to the Porte de Charenton, on the outskirts of the capital.
The prefecture also banned other routes on Saturday.
"At the level of traders there is this tension and renewed fears," the Alliance du commerce, which represents large brands and those in city centers, told AFP, while the network of chambers of commerce and industry (CCI France) pointed out that of the 2,500 businesses affected, 600 have not reopened in France.
On Friday, several shops were boarding up their windows, particularly around the Opéra district in Paris, an AFP photographer observed.
"More than 1,000 agents" will be mobilized this weekend to "ensure the restoration of public space", says the Paris City Hall, stating that they will remove "equipment likely to be used to commit damage".
A new curfew has also been decreed in certain areas of Paris for the nights of Saturday to Sunday and Sunday to Monday from 11:00 PM to 6:00 AM, a measure that is multiplying in several cities in France in recent days.
- "Revolution" and "insurrection" –
In Bordeaux (southwest), unlike the previous week, the march was authorized by the prefecture, which nevertheless anticipates a "difficult" day and "violent actions." The mayor's office is concerned about the "route being too close to the city center."
In Lyon (east-central), the prefecture gave its approval for a parade outside the city center - which still bears the scars of the violence of October 17 when a tourist office building was set on fire.
In Marseille (southeast), only "declared" gatherings will be allowed. In Rennes (west), a demonstration was banned due to a lack of agreement with the organizing unions on the route.
The Interior Minister's entourage is concerned about the use of the terms "revolution" and "insurrection" on social media, especially during Halloween.
"The pretext of Halloween night will not be a legitimate reason to conceal one's face in public space" with a view to "committing disturbances to public order," Laurent Nuñez had warned.
The law allows wearing a mask in public spaces for a party, such as Halloween, but prohibits it in the vicinity of demonstrations.
This third day of mobilization against the high cost of living follows in the wake of the high school student movement.
Several protesters, including minors, have been seriously injured or maimed since mid-September during law enforcement operations. According to the Minister of the Interior, 1,193 police officers and gendarmes have been injured.
Six months before the presidential election, the racist attack in Yvelines on October 23rd further strained the political and media climate in the country.
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