An imposing device against the opponents of the "mega basins". The Ministry of the Interior announced Friday that 3,200 gendarmes and police will be mobilized in the 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 those who want to attack the gendarmes and maybe kill gendarmes and kill institutions," he said.
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 said that the security forces planned for the weekend were more important than those put in place during the previous demonstration, in October, which had been very violent.
Some 1,700 gendarmes and police were mobilized; 61 wounded had been identified among the police, including one serious. At the time, the politician denounced acts of "eco-terrorism".
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