French authorities have secured a point in the dispute regarding the itinerary that will be followed on Tuesday, November 5 in Paris, dedicated to wages and youth. On Wednesday, the administrative court validated the alternative route proposed by the Police Prefecture, which connects the Place de la République to the Nation Square, a path initially contested by organizers. The Inter-Union Confederation, along with high school and student organizations, had previously requested a route starting from the Bastille Square and ending at the Concorde Square, near the National Assembly, but this request was rejected.
The Police Prefecture banned the route desired by organizers, arguing that “this demonstration takes place in an extremely tense social context, marked especially by the urban disturbances that occurred in the capital” on October 17. In its ruling, the court specified that “proposing an alternative itinerary between the Republic and Nation squares [...] is neither inappropriate nor disproportionate and does not cause serious and manifestly illegal infringement on the fundamental freedoms invoked.” Following the decision, Vincent Gautheron, secretary general of the CGT Île-de-France, stated: “With all due responsibility, we will invite those present to join the route imposed by the police prefecture,” while simultaneously lamenting that “the right to demonstrate is subject to the available law enforcement forces.”
For Thursday, which was described by the minister as 'sensitive', the Interior Minister, Laurent Nuñez, sent circulars to prefects and security officials, calling for the planning of 'robust deployments'. He recommended implementing 'robust, agile, and reactive operational measures,' including increased numbers of police and gendarmes. According to estimates, approximately 70,000 policemen and gendarmes will be mobilized on Tuesday to ensure public order, in a deployment similar to that activated on October 24 and 31.
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