More than 300 people gathered Tuesday evening in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), where President Emmanuel Macron was to attend a concert at the Legion of Honor education house, noted a journalist from the AFP.
The rally took place in a crowded town hall square, near the Basilica of Saint-Denis.
In a festive atmosphere and to the sound of many improvised orchestras, the demonstrators chanted “Macron resignation” or “Macron is waging war on us, his police too, but we too remain determined (determined, editor’s note)!”
A few meters from the demonstration, the street leading to the concert venue has been cordoned off.
The demonstrators were kept at a safe distance by barriers and a large police force.
“I’m here so that Macron can’t walk around in peace anywhere in France,” Marie, a history and geography teacher at a college in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint- Dennis).
“This mobilization is something that we had not seen for a very long time. We remain mobilized”, added the teacher, who refused to give her last name, member of a “committee of bad welcome” of the Head of State.
This group scrutinizes the presidential agenda to organize calls to demonstrate.
04/18/2023 20:01:16 – Saint-Denis (France) (AFP) – © 2023 AFP