3:27 p.m .: 50 arrests in Paris
According to BFMTV, in Paris, 50 people have already been arrested.
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3:20 p.m .: The Parisian procession is on its way
The demonstration in Paris started from the Place du Châtelet and should take the direction of the Place de la République. He is currently on Boulevard Sébastoplol.
Some tensions are already taking place even if the event is very framed according to the media on the spot.
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3:19 p.m .: A major police force in Paris
A large police force was deployed in Paris to supervise the demonstration against the “Global Security” law.
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3.10 p.m .: Several arrests in Paris
On Twitter, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin announces the first arrests ahead of the Parisian demonstration. Twenty-four people have been arrested, says minister
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What there is to know
The images of violence and acts of vandalism are still in our memories … Last Saturday, the Parisian demonstration of December 5 against the proposed law “global security” had been punctuated by numerous incidents. Thugs had smashed many windows in the twentieth arrondissement, including banks and real estate agencies. Nationally, 67 police and gendarmes were injured. The police had made 95 arrests.
This is why multiple organizations, activists and unions, believing that the security conditions were not sufficient, called for a new mobilization this Saturday in the regions (Lyon, Dijon, Nancy, Montpellier, Toulouse, Lille, Nantes, Caen, Tours, Nancy …) excluding a walk in the capital.
A decision supported in particular by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of La France insoumise: “The insecurity created by Lallement, Alliance and Black Bloc no longer makes it possible to demonstrate peacefully. The enemies of freedom and Macron score a point” a-t- he tweeted on Friday.
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However, several opposition movements have still decided to meet at Place du Châtelet, in the center of Paris, a very commercial district which should be crowded on this penultimate Saturday before Christmas.
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On the route of the procession, which should set off around 2:30 p.m. towards Place de la République, there are many shops. Already very affected by the health and economic crisis, several of them decided to lower the curtain at midday in order to avoid being targeted.
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