appeal of the CGT against the ban on demonstrations

By Le Figaro with AFP

Posted on 07/05/2023 at 11:51update on 05/07/2023 at 1:34 p.m.

There CGT du Rhône announced on Sunday an appeal against the establishment of a demonstration ban perimeter during the visit of President Emmanuel Macron scheduled for Monday in Lyon. The CGT departmental union of the Rhône and the metropolis of Lyon had called for a rally to commemorate the social heritage of the Resistance on May 8 near the site where the President of the Republic is to go, in the district of Montluc .

But this gathering cannot take place, the prefecture of the Rhône having announced on Friday the establishment of a security perimeter with, in particular, the prohibition of “processions, parades and protest rallies“. “An appeal is pending against this ban.the union said in a statement. If it is lifted, the rally will take place at Parc Montluc. Otherwise, it will take place a few blocks away, he said.

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The Head of State is to preside over a ceremony in tribute to the French Resistance and to Jean Moulin as the 80th anniversary of his arrest by the Gestapo approaches. Another demonstration against the pension reform on Saturday afternoon in Lyon had also been banned by the prefecture. But the administrative court of Lyon, seized by the organizers, had finally authorized it. Surrounded by a large police force, it gathered some 650 people.