The prefecture of Charente-Maritime has published an order prohibiting any “demonstration” and “crowding” in Saintes around the vocational school that Emmanuel Macron must visit on Thursday.
Prefect Nicolas Basselier motivated his decision in particular by the fear of “disturbing public order” in the context of the challenge to the pension reform and in view of calls for mobilization on social networks by “radical groups of the Charente-Maritime and neighboring departments”.
Expected around 11:45 a.m. in a high school
He also refers more specifically to threats from an individual saying on Facebook that he wanted to “bring a sniper rifle with ammunition” on the occasion of the visit of the President of the Republic, expected around 11:45 a.m. at the Bernard Palissy technological and vocational high school in Saintes. .
The order runs from 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. The unions had declared a call to demonstrate from 9 a.m. in front of the establishment, but did not go to the preparatory meeting with the prefecture on Wednesday, also indicates the prefect in his decree.