Pensions: Parisian police ban gatherings at Place de la Concorde

The headquarters of the Paris police say there are “serious risks of disrupting public order and security.” This Saturday afternoon, after two nights of demonstrations punctuated by incidents against the use of 49.3 to pass pension reform, he bans gatherings in the Place de la Concorde as well as the Champs Elysées.

“Due to (…) any gathering on the public highway, Place de la Concorde and its environs, as well as in the Champs Elysées sector is prohibited,” the prefecture said. “People who try to gather there will be systematically kicked out by the police” and could be fined, the same source added.

On Thursday, shortly after Elizabeth Bourne’s appeal to Article 49.3 of the Constitution, which allows the text to be passed without a vote short of a vote of no confidence, the union called for rallies this weekend. And by the 9th day of strikes and demonstrations on March 23rd. In the capital, at 18:00, a rally is planned at the Place d’Italie on the initiative of the CGT Ile-de-France.

61 arrests on Friday

The demonstrations that took place on Thursday evening and Friday evening in the Place de la Concorde, a few hundred meters from the National Assembly, were accompanied by incidents. As night fell, hundreds of people clashed with the police in small groups, throwing projectiles.

As 4,000 people gathered in the square on Friday, 61 people were arrested, according to Paris police headquarters. The call was launched on social media and streamed all day on Instagram or Twitter after a rough first night the previous day marked by many frictions. On Thursday, 10 thousand people gathered there, 258 people were arrested.