Surface transport will only run until 10 p.m. in Île-de-France on Thursday 13 and Friday 14 July. On the other hand, the metros and RER will circulate normally.
Faced with the risk of strong tensions in Île-de-France, the Paris police chief, Laurent Nunez, indicated that discussions must also be initiated with Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) so that buses and trams stop driving at “21h or 22h”.
IDFM, the transport regulatory authority in Île-de-France, announced on Thursday that surface transport would stop at 10 p.m. on both days.
In addition, the Paris police headquarters has specified that 10,000 members of the police will be deployed in the capital where a concert is planned at the Trocadéro as well as the traditional fireworks display on the Champs de Mars, and the departments of the small crown.
“It is a question of guaranteeing maximum security so that our fellow citizens enjoy the party without suffering the inconvenience of a few offenders and a great firmness towards those who would like to spoil these nights of national celebration with a systematic arrest instruction , as I had given it” during nights of riots, said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.
The authorities also want to enforce the decree prohibiting the sale of firework mortars, of which “150 000” copies have been seized since June 27, Mr. Darmanin announced.
Finally, the demonstrations “related to the riots”according to Mr. Darmanin, like the one that the Adama Traoré Committee wanted to organize last Saturday to denounce police violence, may be prohibited at the request of the prefects until July 15.
Several municipalities, particularly in Île-de-France (Nanterre, Gennevilliers, Sartrouville or Savigny-sur-Orge) and in the North (in particular Roubaix and Mons-en-Barœul), have chosen to cancel their traffic lights. artifice, or even all of the festivities planned for the National Day.
In 2022, 807 people were arrested during incidents across the country on the sidelines of the July 14 festivities, 749 vehicles burned and 55 members of the police injured, according to figures given by the Ministry of the Interior. .
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