Marginal actions? Or are they signs that the second confinement does not start with the same civic spirit as during the spring confinement? Several dozen people demonstrated Thursday evening in Paris, Toulouse and Castres to denounce the return of the strict rules that came into force at midnight.
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In the capital, around a hundred people gathered at Place de la République, before heading towards rue de Rivoli, while shouting slogans against Emmanuel Macron’s policy: “ Macron resignation “, or ” French wake up “. The group included some “yellow vests”, according to “le Figaro”. Videos posted on social networks show that a majority of protesters marched without a mask, or else wore it down on their necks Anti-masks, anti-vaccines, anti-contraception … They oppose against all odds
In Toulouse, 120 people came to the emblematic Place du Capitole, in front of the town hall, according to the Haute-Garonne prefecture.
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In Castres (Tarn), the demonstrators, mainly traders and local business leaders gathered behind the banner “Still standing, tomorrow on my knees”, requested the continuation of their activities. “People will meet at 20 or 30 at home to party and pass on the Covid and in three months rebel”, regrets the organizer of the rally, Davy Caravaca, interviewed by AFP. According to the police, there were 90 demonstrators at the height of the mobilization.
Fairgrounds also organized snail operations in several regions.
Vigilance of intelligence services
Already, during the first confinement, the intelligence services were worried about the risks of radicalization and violent actions on the part of small groups. ” The confinement no longer allows the popular scolding to be expressed, but the anger does not weaken and the crisis management, much criticized, feeds the protest », Wrote the agents of the central territorial intelligence service (SCRT) in a note.
Intelligence services fear a radicalization of the post-containment challenge
The improvised gatherings Thursday evening, however, remain incommensurate with those observed in Germany. Several thousand people have regularly mobilized against restrictive measures since April in Munich, Stuttgart or Berlin, going so far as to attempt to attack the Reichstag, the seat of Parliament. Across the Rhine, the processions are made up of ” a strange mixture of esoteric hippies, neo-Nazis, anti-5G, anti-vaccines, pro-Trump, pro-Putin, supporters of Julien Assange, “yellow vests” ”, according to political scientist Jan Rathje.
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