Emmanuel Macron chairs a defense council on Friday morning, before receiving high school organizations in the afternoon.
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The Minister of the Interior Laurent Nuñez will present on Friday October 23 the arrangements for maintaining order for the weekend, ahead of the new demonstrations planned for Saturday October 24. Several demonstrations have been banned, the one in Paris will be held Bastille à Nation. Follow our live stream.
“It’s very serious, the freedom to demonstrate is the foundation of democracy,” declares Sophie Binet. The general secretary of the CGT, Emmanuel Macron's decision to ban undeclared demonstrations by unions and those of several prefectures, notably in Marseille and Lyon, to refuse gatherings. "Trade union organizations cannot have a monopoly on the right to demonstrate," she added.
The president of Medef asks the State to take “much stronger measures”. The president of Medef explained on Friday on franceinfo asking the State to protect “property and people”. The head of the employers' organization also called on businesses not to "fall into self-defense", while some traders are making arrangements ahead of the demonstrations.
Emmanuel Macron chairs a defense council. “Additional decisions” on security are expected, according to the Elysée. The president is criticized, after the announcement of curfews, after the violence of the weekend, and the ban on any undeclared demonstration by the unions.
High school student organizations at the Elysée. “The Head of State wishes to be able to listen to the demands and concerns of high school student representatives,” wrote the presidency in a press release on Thursday. The high school organizations were not invited to Wednesday's meeting between the government and the union groups.
update on the news
At midday, here is a new update on the news:
#YVELINES A man opened fire in Trappes and La Verrière, in Yvelines, leaving at least one dead and several injured, franceinfo learned from reliable sources. He was arrested.
• #DEmonstrations Before receiving the high school organizations at 3 p.m., Emmanuel Macron chaired a defense council this morning where additional decisions on security are expected. The Minister of the Interior was due to present the security arrangements for tomorrow at 11:30 a.m., but the press conference was delayed. Follow our live stream.
• #PROTESTS “It’s very serious, the freedom to demonstrate is the foundation of democracy,” warns CGT general secretary Sophie Binet on franceinfo. Yesterday, after a series of bans on demonstrations, Emmanuel Macron announced that only those organized by unions would be authorized in the coming days. The Association for the Defense of Constitutional Freedoms and the Magistrates' Union have filed an appeal before the Council of State.
• #AUSTEN Twenty-three departments going from Brittany to Hauts-de-France via Ile-de-France are on orange alert for violent winds, due to the passage of the Austen depression. Some 121,000 homes were without electricity this morning at 7 a.m., according to Enedis. Follow our live stream.
• #MIDDLE EAST Benyamin Netanyahu orders the "total closure" of the occupied West Bank, where the army announced it was carrying out "anti-terrorist operations", after an armed attack which injured five Israelis.
#MOTES The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, will speak in a few seconds to take stock of the security system for tomorrow. Follow our live stream.
#PROTESTS “I am going to confront [Marine Le Pen] politically in this election,” says Raphaël Glucksmann, traveling to Amiens (Somme). The Place publique presidential candidate explains that he will not be at the mobilization tomorrow in Orléans against the RN congress.
#MOTES The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, is going to Orléans (Loiret) this afternoon, on the eve of the National Rally congress, which begins on Saturday, and the major demonstration of opponents which could bring together between 20,000 and 30,000 people, announces the prefecture.
#MOTES "The political figures" who will come to Orléans on Saturday to demonstrate against the RN "want to intimidate our activists", judge this morning on France Inter Laure Lavalette, spokesperson for the RN, while the party is holding its congress this weekend in the city. Olivier Faure, boss of the PS, the ecologist Marine Tondelier and the rebellious Bally Bagayoko have notably announced their presence in this demonstration.
#PROTESTS Bans on demonstrations in city centers are "a good measure", estimates on franceinfo Nicolas Daragon, mayor of Les Républicains de Valence, in Drôme, and vice-president of the Association of Mayors of France.
