• Live Demonstrations of October 24: Laurent Nuñez must unveil the security system for the weekend
Emmanuel Macron chaired a defense council on Friday morning, before receiving high school organizations in the afternoon.
What you need to know
The Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, must present, Friday October 23, the system for maintaining order for the weekend, ahead of the new demonstrations planned for Saturday. 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 was on franceinfo Friday morning and reacted to Emmanuel Macron's decision to ban demonstrations not declared by the 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.
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• #TRAPPES 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 the general secretary of the CGT, 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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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.
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#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. #POLITICS
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#PROTESTS I read a lot about the rights to organize demonstrations, but curiously, I don't see anything about the duties of organizers!
Response from Alice Galopin
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Hello @Casseron17, we published this article this morning on the rights and duties of demonstrators. Here are some of the duties of organizers:
Organizers must submit their event declaration within a period of between 15 days and 48 hours before the event. It must contain the names, first names and addresses of the organizers. It must be signed by at least one of them. It must indicate the purpose of the event, the location, date and time of the start and end of the gathering and, if applicable, the planned route.
When a demonstration is spontaneous and/or has not been declared, the organizers face a penalty of six months' imprisonment and a fine of 7,500 euros.
Alterego1912
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#PROTESTS Can Franceinfo give a little time to speak to the mass of French people, that is to say those who no longer want unions and political parties to speak for them by saying "the French", that their lives be guided by demonstrations and who want secure cities on weekends!
Response from Alice Galopin
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Hello @Alterego1912, we try to give voice to as many people as possible, and not just political representatives and trade union organizations. On our site you can for example find:
testimonies from people all over France who tell why they will demonstrate tomorrow.
the words of two Bordeaux teachers who will also mobilize tomorrow, particularly in support of high school students.
this article with Parisians divided on whether or not to continue the demonstrations, some believing that what is needed above all is a "lull".
a report from Parisian traders who choose to arm themselves to protect their establishments.
an article with the words of tourists in Paris, divided between concerns and misunderstandings.
Response from Alice Galopin
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I am adding this article, which I just published a few minutes ago, to Parisians who were received yesterday by the mayor and who say they are "scared" before tomorrow's mobilization. "In our building, they smashed the front door. We had to join several neighbors to chase away the group of eight. And we were scared. We were wondering, in the building: what is going to happen again this weekend?", says a resident of the 11th arrondissement.
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And if you have decided to take to the streets, again or for the first time, tomorrow, we continue to collect your testimonies. To do this, you can write to us using the form located in this article.
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#MANIFESTATIONS It seems to me that the CGT, if it is still a union, can still file a request for a demonstration? Or did I misunderstand?
Response from Alice Galopin
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Hello @Serge65690, I would like to make a semantic clarification which has legal importance. French law requires that a demonstration must be declared to be legal. This is not a “request” to demonstrate, but rather a “declaration”. Officially, demonstrating is not subject to prior authorization, but, in fact, the authorities can impose a ban or constraints such as modifying the route in order to "guarantee public order", as we explain in this article.
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Considering these principles, several jurists are alarmed by Emmanuel Macron's comments, as we detail in this other article. For Serge Slama, professor of public law at Grenoble Alpes University, the President of the Republic "inverts the liberal principle", which is to say "that freedom is the rule and prohibition, the exception." For Paul Cassia, professor of law at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, the head of state "is committing a serious and manifestly illegal attack on the freedom to demonstrate by imposing a general ban in principle."
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Reserving the right to demonstrate only for trade union organizations also worries legal specialists. “It is not up to the president to decide who is legitimate to demonstrate or not,” underlines Serge Slama. "There is obviously no need to be a union to organize a demonstration in France. Anyone can declare a demonstration. By stating this, Emmanuel Macron recommends sorting between demonstrators, it is contrary to the principle of equal treatment", supports Paul Cassia.
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#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.
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At the start of this morning, here is a new update on the news:
• #PROTESTS “It’s very serious, the freedom to demonstrate is the foundation of democracy,” warns the general secretary of the CGT, 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.
• #PROTESTS Emmanuel Macron is currently chairing a defense council, where additional decisions on security are expected, then will receive high school organizations at 3 p.m. Follow our live stream.
• #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.
• #HUCHON The former president of the Ile-de-France region, the socialist Jean-Paul Huchon, died at the age of 80, France Télévisions learned from his family.
