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France bans non-union protests on Saturday as Lyon outlaws all demonstrations
French authorities will allow only union-requested protests on Saturday, Oct. 24, President Emmanuel Macron said, while Lyon banned all demonstrations after last week's looting. Police in Paris were seen dragging protesters along the ground.
Police and gendarmes in Paris were filmed dragging demonstrators along the ground as they broke up an attempted protest, as France braces for another weekend of unrest over the cost of living.
President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday, Oct. 22, after meeting all of France's intelligence services at the Élysée Palace, that only protests requested by trade unions would be allowed on Saturday. Other gatherings will be banned by regional prefects "wherever possible." "This is not the moment. We want calm to return," Macron said. A defense council he chairs meets on Friday and may take further decisions.
Lyon and Paris
The Rhône prefecture banned every demonstration in Lyon on Saturday, citing violence and looting in the city center on Oct. 17. A curfew has been in force in central Lyon for three nights. In Paris, the CGT union's Bastille–Nation route was approved, but a Bastille–Opéra march planned by the Interfac student collective and some yellow vest activists was banned.
Police numbers on Saturday will be 20% higher than last week, backed by Sentinelle soldiers, elite units including RAID and GIGN, helicopters and armored vehicles. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu met political party leaders on Thursday, and Socialist leader Olivier Faure called the government's response "exclusively about security."
Separately, Politico reported that France's draft budget sets aside 2.3 million euros for Macron's office after he leaves power in about seven months, covering six years of rent, shared costs and security.
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