A rally against anti-Semitism at the call of France Insoumise planned for Sunday morning near the location of the Vél d’Hiv’ in Paris was banned on Saturday because it was declared too late, but the organizers will be able to lay wreaths, announced the police headquarters (PP) in a press release.
Police prefect Laurent Nuñez, “received the request on Friday, immediately warned the organizers that the declaration of the demonstration had been transmitted outside the legal deadline of three clear days before the event,” assures the press release.
The gathering was expected to bring together around 500 people, with speeches and a laying of wreaths at the Jewish Martyrs Square at the Vélodrome d’Hiver, in the 15th arrondissement, the police headquarters said. “The declarants indicated that they would abandon the protest rally as initially planned and organize a simple laying of wreaths in front of the memorial to the roundup, located in the garden, followed by a quick speech,” specifies the PP. This wreath laying is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m.
The demonstration was declared by the Student Union, the High School Union and LFI, according to the police headquarters.
“Faced with anti-Semitic, Islamophobic speeches and acts and against all forms of racism”, “let’s stand together”, “without the extreme right”, the leader of the Insoumis deputies, Mathilde Panot.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party and the majority of its deputies announced that they would not participate in the major march against anti-Semitism planned for Sunday afternoon in Paris at the call of the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate , denouncing the announced presence of the National Rally.