
Paris at the center of processions for a new day of social protest
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The yellow vest movement and the unions demonstrate for the fourth consecutive weekend against the high cost of living. A social conference is planned in Matignon the following Monday.
Processions parade on Saturday, November 7, for the fourth consecutive weekend. The epicenter is Paris, where yellow vests intend to approach places of power, after a large-scale national mobilization on Thursday at the call of the unions. The procession, which set off from Place de la République to join Nation, brought together 46,000 people, according to the police headquarters. The inter-union has not yet released its estimate. The mobilization is in "clear decline" throughout the territory, according to a situation update carried out at the beginning of the afternoon by the entourage of the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez. “At 2 p.m., 7,000 people participated in 68 actions, compared to 15,000 participants in 65 actions on Saturday October 31,” according to the same source. These new demonstrations aim to maintain pressure, two days before a social conference with unions and employers, convened Monday morning in Matignon, as well as meetings with high school and student organizations in the afternoon.
• In Paris, two demonstrations planned, including one unauthorized by the prefecture. In the capital, the youth inter-union (Student Union, Fage, Unef and USL) and regional unions (CGT, FO, FSU, Solidaires, CFDT) are calling for demonstrations "against the high cost of living and for young people" in an authorized procession, on the same route as Thursday, linking the Place de la République to that of the Nation. The coordination of the yellow vests has decided to go it alone, clearly marking its distance from the unions. She calls for a separate gathering, banned by the authorities, at Place de la Concorde. Elsewhere in the territory, the yellow vests are planning a total of around 120 actions, according to their interactive map on Friday evening.
• The security system “renewed” with 70,000 police officers and gendarmes. “The risk is exactly the same as for previous Saturdays,” said Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on Friday. In addition to 70,000 members of the police, 25 Centaure armored vehicles from the gendarmerie will be mobilized, as will “15 water-throwing devices” throughout the territory, as well as drones and helicopters.
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Social conference with unions and employers in Matignon.
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