INFO FRANCEINFO. Gérald Darmanin wrote to the prefects to explain to them the reasons for banning ultra-right demonstrations

After the organization on Saturday May 6, of an ultra-right demonstration in the streets of Paris, the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin indicated Tuesday May 9 to the National Assembly that he was going to ask the prefects to ban all ultra-right manifestations. The Minister sent Wednesday, May 10, in the afternoon, a circular to the prefects in order to specify these prohibitions. Gérald Darmanin invites them to “special attention” to avoid “that such gatherings and demonstrations do not happen again”.

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“You will pay particular attention to declarations of demonstrations made by individuals from dissolved groups, calling for hatred or claiming violent action”writes the Minister, “so that the images seen in Paris do not reproduce in any case”adds Gérald Darmanin.

Already a banned demonstration in Paris

To base the prohibition orders, he appended a number of reasons from the so-called “Dieudonné” case law. Are mentioned “the risks of material disturbances to public order” : risks of confrontations or counter-demonstrations for example but also the “risk of slogans or remarks likely to call into question national cohesion or the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Human Rights” : I’“apology for collaboration”or even the“conflation between immigration and Islamism” are cited as an example. Finally, the Minister also highlights the “risk of committing criminal offences”including incitement to hatred or discrimination.

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