The rallies to block the far right planned throughout France will be supervised by 21,000 police officers and gendarmes on Saturday June 15. In a note sent to the prefects, the Ministry of the Interior fears “violent” clashes between the “ultra-right” and the “ultra-left”.
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Around 21,000 police officers and gendarmes will be deployed throughout France to supervise demonstrations against the far right, franceinfo learned from police sources.
Demonstrations, at the call of the CGT, organized a little over two weeks before the first round of the early legislative elections. The union called on Friday June 14, through its general secretary, Sophie Binet, to mobilize to block the far right.
150 actions, demonstrations and rallies have been recorded so far in the country. 300,000 to 350,000 people are expected in the streets, according to figures transmitted by these police sources to franceinfo, including 50,000 to 100,000 in Paris.
In a note sent on Friday June 14 to the prefects, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, encourages them to be “particularly attentive to the protection of people and property to guarantee, tactfully but firmly, republican order.”
The ministry fears, “in this pre-election period”of the “serious disturbances to public order”particularly linked to clashes “violent” between “the ultra-right” And “the ultra-left”. 2,700 individuals considered to be on the ultra-right and 5,500 on the ultra-left are monitored by the ministry.
Gérald Darmanin reminds us that prefects can “go as far as being banned” demonstrations “if the conditions appear appropriate.”
