New Saturday of demonstrations in France, 70,000 officers deployed

New Saturday of demonstrations in France. In Paris, the march of the so-called 'fifth act' of the national mobilization against better schools and the high cost of living left at the beginning of the afternoon from Place de la République towards Place de la Nation.

In the French capital, authorities expect between 30,000 and 60,000 protesters. Demonstrations also took place in other large cities such as Lyon or Toulouse, where the procession already took place in the morning without incidents.

Among the demands, not just a better school or purchasing power. Various associations for the defense of human rights have joined the protests, in particular, against the proposed law that introduces the presumption of legitimate use of weapons by law enforcement officers: a rule which, in their opinion, is equivalent to a sort of "permission to kill".

Around 50,000 people had already demonstrated against the proposal across the country on September 20, according to data from the Ministry of the Interior. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez expects between 50 and 60 marches across France and has ordered the mobilization of around 70,000 police and gendarmes, the same level used on the previous three Saturdays.

Police sources told Agence France Presse that between 30,000 and 60,000 people are expected in Paris, including, potentially, "300 to 600 people at risk". The Parisian procession left at 2pm from Place de la République towards Place de la Nation, passing through Place de la Bastille; this route will allow families with children to leave the demonstration before the end, thus avoiding the clashes with the police that regularly occur at the end of the demonstrations.