Between 1,500 and 2,000 police will be mobilized Thursday March 10 and Friday March 11 to secure the European summit in Versailles, indicates the prefecture of Yvelines. At least 700 journalists are accredited for this event, also indicates the prefecture.
Because of the organization of this summit bringing together the 27 Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the European Union, the Palace of Versailles is closed to the public from March 8 to 12. An important safety device will be put in place around the castle which will be divided into several zones, red, orange and yellow, where different measures will apply, until the total ban on access to pedestrians and vehicles. of any kind.
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In addition, Versailles Château-Rive gauche station will be closed to rail traffic from Thursday March 10 at 10 a.m. to Friday March 11 at 6 p.m., indicates the prefecture of Yvelines in a press release.
This informal european summit _“_will have to decide” on “a strategy for European energy independence” and on “European defense” in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday.