130,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed across France on Saturday and Sunday to ensure the smooth running of the July 14 festivities, two weeks before the opening of the Olympic Games, Gérald Darmanin announced on Friday.
11,000 police officers and gendarmes in Paris
“To guarantee the security of the July 14 festivities, 130,000 police officers and gendarmes will be mobilized this weekend, including 11,000 in Paris,” the Minister of the Interior wrote on X.
“Faced with the irresponsible people who are trying to sow disorder, I call for respect for this moment of national cohesion,” he added, without specifying who he was targeting.
The Student Union and the High School Union, with the support of several deputies from La France Insoumise, have called for a demonstration on Sunday at 7 p.m. at Place de la Bastille “for a government of the New Popular Front” and “against the presidential coup” after the early legislative elections.
Negotiations were stalling on Friday on the left to propose a name for Prime Minister, against a backdrop of disagreements between the Insoumis and the Socialists, while the presidential camp struggled to display its unity around Gabriel Attal, assured of taking the head of a renamed Renaissance group.
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