The inter-union takes legal action along the route of the November 5 demonstration in Paris

The Île-de-France inter-union attacked the police headquarters on Tuesday, November 3, to obtain the publication and suspension of a potential order banning demonstrations on Thursday in Paris between the Bastille and Concorde squares. “Faced with the refusal of the police headquarters to take note of the Bastille-Concorde route for the inter-union demonstration of November 5, my sisters and brother lawyers from the CFDT, the FSU, Solidaires, FO, CGT and the UNEF are taking the matter to the administrative court,” explained Chirinne Ardakani, lawyer for the Unef, on X.

These procedures aim to oblige the prefect to publish "within a reasonable period of time to guarantee the effective right to an appeal", that is to say before "Wednesday 2 p.m.", the potential banning orders that he would take on the Bastille-Concorde route, "declared on October 21 by the inter-union", Chirinne Ardakani told AFP. The unions also ask that "the court suspends this ban order", considering that "this decision already exists", citing in particular "informal exchanges" to this effect between the prefecture services and union representatives.

“We have no information on the alternative route”

"We have no information on the alternative route if there were to be one, that is to say that we do not know at this stage if we are on a total ban on demonstrations or if it is a partial ban to the extent that an alternative route would be imposed on us, which prevents our clients from securing, from anticipating the procession", also underlined to AFP Marion Ogier, lawyer for Solidaires. The hearing before the administrative court is scheduled for Wednesday at 9:30 a.m.

Since the day of mobilization on October 17, punctuated by violence and looting in several cities across the country, the routes of the demonstrations have been the subject of a standoff between the authorities and the organizers, who denounce the imposition of more eccentric routes.