Banned by the police headquarters (PP) and then finally authorized by the administrative court of Paris, the torchlight march organized by the ultra-right movement took place on Saturday January 7 in the capital. Some 350 people took part, said a police source.
” Victoire ! Our interim release has just ended, the administrative court authorizes our march. This year again and despite political pressure, we will honor Saint Geneviève”patroness of Paris, had written on Twitter the organizing association Paris Fierté who claimed in another message nearly 500 participants. “Gérald Darmanin wanted to deny our story, we reminded him”is it written.
In a press release, the police headquarters announced Thursday that “in the current context, due to the high risk of disturbances to public order, and moreover the significant mobilization of the police that day on several events, the safety of the participants in the march and the residents could not be fully assured”.
Several events planned in the capital
This Saturday, several demonstrations were therefore planned in the streets of the capital. : a march organized by the Kurdish community in tribute to three activists killed in 2013 in Paris, as well as several processions of “yellow vests”.
According to another police source, the focus had also been placed on the context of surveillance of the ultra-right, with incidents that occurred during the semi-final of the Football World Cup which had opposed France to Morocco. Incidents had already occurred during the last edition of the Paris Pride march, on January 15, 2022.