An imposing device against opponents of “mega basins”. The Ministry of the Interior announced on Friday that 3,200 gendarmes and police officers will be mobilized in Deux-Sèvres this weekend to supervise the demonstration.
Gérald Darmanin warned on Cnews that this demonstration would be violent. “We will see extremely harsh images, because there is a very large mobilization of the far left and of those who want to attack the gendarmes and perhaps kill the gendarmes and kill the institutions”, he said. -he assures.
7,000 to 10,000 demonstrators expected in Sainte-Soline
The authorities expect the arrival during the weekend of 7,000 to 10,000 people including 1,000 “ultras” in Sainte-Soline. Gérald Darmanin clarified that the police force planned for the weekend was greater than that put in place during the previous demonstration, in October, which had been very violent.
Some 1,700 gendarmes and police were then mobilized; 61 injuries were recorded among the police, including one serious. At the time, the politician had denounced acts of “eco-terrorism”.