LIVE Mobilization of October 17: CNews premises attacked and some scattered actions in Lyon and Marseille…

In Marseille, the main boulevard du Prado was temporarily blocked by trash cans and scooters before being cleared by the CRS who followed in the footsteps of the demonstrators.

“We are here to protest against the deplorable resources given to education and against police violence. The youth says: we have a message: we just want to be educated in good conditions,” declared Aude, a student, a mask on her face.

In Lyon, "a group of 40 individuals was dispersed" near a bridge over the Rhône connecting the Presqu'île to the city center, "after an attempt to obstruct traffic", according to the prefecture, and a group of around ten people also dispersed near the Feyzin refinery.

In Rennes, around twenty people installed a filter barrier, with trash cans and large pallets, near a large shopping center.

Christophe, a 47-year-old carpenter, a former yellow vest, says he was injured in 2018 during act three by an LBD shot. “Today, we are reaching a level of repression against our own children,” he complains to AFP.

Guest on France Info, the LFI mayor of Saint-Denis adds that: “The objective is both the convergence of struggles, of the outraged and of generations. »

The route of the procession was the subject of numerous and lively discussions with the prefecture. While the demonstrators wanted to go to places of power, this was refused by the prefecture. The meeting was set for 2 p.m. at Place de la République, heading towards Place de Clichy.

On the high school and student side, they will be able to leave from Place de la République to reach Place de la Nation, via Boulevard Voltaire.

Some 1,500 actions, demonstrations or blockades have been announced throughout France on the dedicated website: demonstrations, gatherings on roundabouts, symbols of peripheral France and the yellow vest movement of 2018-2019, filter dams or blockages that could affect stations, bridges, tolls, service stations, refineries and oil depots.

Six months before the presidential election, the call to revive the yellow vest movement, which had marked Emmanuel Macron's first mandate, met the protest of high school students and students for better study conditions and brought the question of the place offered to young people to the top of the political agenda.

“Many do not yet have the right to vote, so we take to the streets” and “Touching children is touching us all”, we can read in the call for mobilization launched on the site 17octobergiletjaune.net, which also calls on neighborhood residents, farmers, workers or retirees to take to the streets and on roundabouts or around strategic points.

The Paris police headquarters on Friday banned undeclared gatherings and demonstrations in several sensitive areas of the capital, including the Champs-Elysées, Place de la Concorde and the surroundings of the Elysée, Matignon and the National Assembly. These restrictions, in force from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., also concern several large Parisian squares and train stations. Violators risk a fine of 135 euros.

The authorities have also modified the routes of the two main processions for security reasons. The demonstration organized by Interfac IDF was oriented towards a Republic-Nation route, rejected by the collective, while the gathering of yellow vests and the inter-union will have to take a route between République and Place de Clichy.

Emmanuel Macron launched a call for “calm and respect” from Brussels on Friday. The President of the Republic recalled that the right to demonstrate must be exercised with respect for people and property, without “insulting” or “breaking”. For the Head of State, preserving this fundamental freedom implies avoiding any excess or act of violence during gatherings.

Emmanuel Macron also reaffirmed his support for the government and the police, who according to him are facing a climate of growing tensions. “These are very difficult times for our law enforcement,” he stressed, referring to the attacks to which police officers and gendarmes have recently been victims. The president notably denounced the behavior of individuals who know, in his own words, “only violence and disorder”.

On this day of social mobilization throughout France, the 20 Minutes editorial team is on deck to keep you informed about events. The authorities have revised their participation forecast upwards, now estimated at 150,000 people outside the Paris metropolitan area, we learned from a police source on Friday. The forecast for Paris is around 40,000 demonstrators. Some 500 actions are planned and more than 90 demonstrations are “being structured,” those close to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on Friday.