The previous year, the authorization of this annual gathering in the streets of Paris had sparked a lively controversy.
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The ultra-right will not march on May 11 in the streets of Paris. An annual gathering, organized by the May 9 Committee to commemorate the anniversary of the accidental death, in 1994, of far-right activist Sébastien Deyzieu, was this year the subject of a “total ban”the police headquarters informed AFP on Tuesday May 7, citing a decree signed on Monday.
Authorized in 2023, the demonstration sparked a heated controversy as some 600 ultra-right activists, mostly dressed in black and with their faces hidden, marched through the streets of Paris, displaying flags with Celtic crosses and chanting “Europe youth revolution”the slogan of the GUD (Union Defense Group).
In reaction to the controversy, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin asked the prefects to ban all ultra-right demonstrations and gatherings. In Paris, the administrative court has since suspended several times in the name of freedom to demonstrate banning orders issued by the police prefect, Laurent Nuñez.
