Manifestations of October 17: traffic restrictions, subway stations closed... What is needed

Manifestations of October 17: traffic restrictions, closed metro stations… What to expect in Paris? "Yellow Vests," high school students and students but also civil servants and farmers plan to gather this Saturday afternoon to demonstrate. In Paris, the police prefecture has taken a number of measures to protect strategic buildings and neighborhoods. Pass the advertisement Pass the advertisementThe demonstrators will not be allowed to approach the Champs-Élysées this Saturday, October 17th. In a particularly tense context after several weeks of student mobilization, punctuated by several important parades in the capital, the prefect of police of Paris, Patrice Faure, has taken decrees prohibiting demonstrations in several strategic areas, around the Élysée, Matignon, and including the most beautiful avenue in the world. Throughout Friday, discussions took place to determine the route of the Parisian procession which will finally take place this Saturday at 2 PM from the Place de la République to the Place de Clichy, according to the CGT, the student union, and the student union. The prefecture refused an arrival in the center, as desired by student and university organizations, who requested a meeting with the Prime Minister. It is worth noting that another demonstration was declared by several "yellow vests," to which unions joined for a route from the Place de l'Opéra, in the heart of Paris, to the Place de la Bastille. The prefecture further indicated that there was a "serious risk" that participants in the demonstration of Interfac IDF would end up on the procession forbidden to the "yellow vests" and unions. Traffic restrictions This is also the reason why a number of neighborhoods are barricaded this Saturday, placed since Friday evening under high surveillance, leading to a number of traffic restrictions. If the Champs-Élysées are not closed to traffic this Saturday morning, it is strongly advised not to go to this area. Early this morning, barriers had been erected there by demonstrators. "As soon as installed, as soon as removed," the police stated, calling on everyone to "express their demands in peace and respect for public order." In central Paris, traffic will be prohibited on Quai des Orfèvres, in its part between the Rue de Harlay and the Boulevard du Palais, Boulevard du Palais, in its part between the Pont Saint-Michel and the Quai de la Corse and Quai du Marché Neuf - Maurice Grimaud, in its part between the Boulevard du Palais and the Rue de la Cité. This is due to the organization of a ceremony in homage to the victims of October 17, 1961, at the corner of the Pont Saint-Michel and the Quai du Marché Neuf. Furthermore, all gatherings that could take place on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées as well as the Place de la Concorde, the Place de la Bourse, the Place du Châtelet, the Châtelet-Les Halles area, the Place de la Bastille, the Place d'Italie and their surroundings as well as those around the Élysée, the Ministry of the Interior, Matignon, the National Assembly, the Senate, the courthouse, the police prefecture, the city hall and the Parisian train stations are prohibited. Violators can be fined up to 135 euros, warned the police, calling on demonstrators to take alternative routes that better correspond to the "security imperatives." Metro stations closed For this occasion, RATP announced the closure of 25 metro and RER stations starting this Saturday at 8 AM, "at the request of the Police Prefecture." In detail, the stops will not be served this Saturday, October 17th, starting at 8 AM at Charles de Gaulle-Étoile (lines 1, 2 and 6, RER A), Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau (lines 1 and 13), Concorde (lines 1, 8 and 12), Opéra (lines 3, 7 and 8), Tuileries (line 1), Pyramides (lines 7 and 14), Madeleine (lines 8, 12 and 14) and Miromesnil (lines 9 and 13). Pass the advertisement From 12 PM, "trains will run without stopping and transfers will therefore not be provided" at the stations Anvers (line 2), Blanche (line 2), Pigalle (lines 2 and 12), Bastille (lines 1, 5 and 8) and Bourse (line 3). A day of crisis, closely monitored The demonstrations have been placed under close surveillance by the authorities. On the sidelines of this day of mobilization, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has convened an interministerial crisis cell (CIC), at the level of the cabinet directors of the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and other members of the government concerned. In the capital, nearly 80,000 people could take to the streets, with the fear of serious "risks of disorder and public order disturbances." Convinced that the student movement should "return to the vacation time" and that students are "not ready for a general uprising," the commandos are therefore on high alert. hempel Let them play, but everyone does not hate the police. TOLREIP It really smells like the end of a reign. Resign! GronaldoXV Support for the law enforcement against the rioters who are thwarting any attempt at peaceful protest