There will be no big rally against anti-Semitism with La France insoumise. After their refusal to participate in the march initiated by the President of the Senate and the President of the National embly, LFI had called for Sunday morning a rally “against anti-Semitism and racism” and “against the extreme right”, at the square of the Jewish Martyrs of the Vélodrome d ‘Winter (15th arrondist). But the Paris police headquarters banned this gathering.
What’s blocking is the dates. LFI, co-organizer of the event with the Student Union and the High School Union, submitted its rally declaration on Friday. “Upon receipt, the prefect of police immediately informed the organizers that he could not investigate this declaration, transmitted outside the legal deadline of 3 clear days before the event”, indicated this Saturday the Paris police prefecture in a communicated.
According to the Paris police headquarters, the organizers then “renounced” the protest rally as initially planned, deciding to organize “a simple laying of wreaths in front of the memorial to the raid located in the garden, followed by a rapid speaking before complete dispersion”. The laying of wreaths is set for 11 a.m., again according to the PP, whose prefect signed “an order governing this moment of contemplation”.
“We refuse to march alongside the heirs of Vichy”
“Our youth organizations refuse (…) to accept and participate in the demonization of far-right ideologies and parties, which carry the legacy of the darkest hours of our history,” justify the organizers in a statement, explaining their refusal to participate in the Paris march. And the organizers continue: “We refuse to march alongside the heirs of Vichy who are Éric Zemmour, Marine Le Pen and their Reconquest and National Rally parties. »
“I ume to say that a political party created by the heirs of Vichy and which participates in a demonstration against anti-Semitism, this is not unity but indecency”, denounced to Le Parisien this Saturday the government spokesperson, Olivier Véran. He and several ministers, as well as other political leaders, will participate in the great Parisian march on Sunday. It will leave from the Esplanade des Invalides (7th arrondist) at 3 p.m. to reach Place Edmond Rostand (6th arrondist).