130,000 law enforcement officers will be deployed throughout France

The national holiday celebrations will coincide with the arrival of the Olympic flame in Paris.

Some 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, Gérald Darmanin announced on Friday, July 12. In Paris, 11,000 members of the police force will be deployed, the Interior Minister said.

The July 14 festivities last two weeks before the opening of the Olympic Games and while theThe 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. in Paris, on the Place de la Bastille, “for a government of the New Popular Front” And “against the presidential coup” after the early legislative elections.

Due to the arrangements to accommodate the Paris Games, the July 14 parade will not be held on the Champs-Elysées and will be relocated to Avenue Foch. The Olympic flame will begin its journey through Paris during the military parade, carried by rider Thibaut Vallette, gold medallist in Rio in 2016. It will then be the coach of the Olympic football team, Thierry Henry, who will bring it out of the Champs-Elysées.

After the great monuments of the Left Bank, from the National Assembly to Notre-Dame, via the Senate and the Sorbonne, its journey will take it to the Gare du Nord before returning to the heart of Paris. The flame will arrive on Sunday evening, around 11 p.m., at the Hôtel de Ville, just before the traditional July 14 fireworks at the Eiffel Tower. The Champ-de-Mars will however be inaccessible to the public, due to the competition sites that occupy it.