In France, the government announced that the ban on demonstrations in city centers continues

According to local media reports, Minister of Internal Affairs Laurent Nunez, in his statement to the press before the demonstrations, stated that the risk of threat to public order continues and that 70 thousand gendarmes and police officers were assigned to today's protests across the country.

Stating that some roads may be closed to traffic by activists and that some radical groups organized through social media accounts have called for violence against security forces, damage to public property and rebellion, Nunez said that they will fight determinedly against such attempts.

On the other hand, Nunez announced that the ban on demonstrations in city centers, which caused reactions from unions and activists, will continue with the decision of the governorships.

While the march route for the activists in the capital Paris was determined as between Republique and Nation squares, as on November 5, representatives of the Yellow Vest movement informed the press that they would also gather in Concorde Square, which is outside this route.

Large-scale demonstrations are expected to be held in many cities of the country today. According to official sources, it is estimated that nearly 60 thousand people will participate in the protests in the capital Paris.

Unions react to the movement of protest routes away from the city center

Following the incidents of looting during the Yellow Vest protest on October 17 in France, the government tightened security measures and implemented measures, including a partial curfew, in some regions. In addition, the government decided to organize the protests in locations far from city centers.

Unions and activists criticized the government's decision as "an effort to make the protests invisible" and took the bans on protest routes issued by governorships and police departments in many cities to the judiciary.

Protests continue in France

While social unrest continues in France, where the protests of high school students against the inadequacies in educational conditions have continued for about 2 months and the Yellow Vests took to the streets on 17, 24, 31 October and 5 November, the government maintains intensive security measures.

According to official sources, approximately 600 thousand people, and according to unions, 1.6 million people participated in the protests on November 5, which were organized with the call of labor unions and supported by many segments of society.

The November 5 demonstrations were recorded as the most crowded demonstrations against the high cost of living since October 17.

More than 3 thousand workplaces were damaged or looted in the country during the Yellow Vest protest on October 17. While thousands of people were detained in protests where police violence sparked controversy, the government decided to implement some measures such as partial curfew and ban on demonstrations against possible protests.