According to a telegram from the Minister of the Interior, the security system in France will increase in strength throughout the week to adapt to different events in the territory.
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France will mobilize a very large number of law enforcement officers from Monday to Sunday to secure the visits of King Charles III to Paris and Bordeaux and of Pope Francis to Marseille with September 23 marked by several demonstrations requiring 30,000 police officers on the ground.
From Wednesday, which marks the arrival of King Charles III and Queen Camilla for a three-day state visit, the workforce will increase to bring the number of police and gendarmes mobilized to 8,000, according to a telegram from the Minister of Defense. ‘Interior that Franceinfo was able to consult.
Techno Parade, Pope’s Mass, Rugby World Cup…
There will be 10,000 on Thursday, then 12,000 on Friday and 30,000 on Saturday, where demonstrations against police violence will take place mainly in Paris but also in other cities in France. Paris will also host the Techno Parade on Saturday for its 25th anniversary while the Marseille Vélodrome will be the location of a mass celebrated by Pope Francis, who will also descend Avenue du Prado in a popemobile.
“We are therefore approaching a particularly intense week in terms of public order which will mobilize all the resources available in mobile force units (CRS and mobile gendarmes) and requires the provision of reinforcements for the usual public highway systems”we can read in Gérald Darmanin’s dispatch.
The visits of the Pope and Charles III will take place in the middle of the Rugby World Cup, which requires security forces, in addition to Ligue 1 football matches, including a high-tension match, PSG-OM, on Sunday 24 September at the Parc des Princes.