Between 40,000 and 70,000 people are expected in Paris, where the procession will start from the Invalides at 14 p.m. to the Place d'Italie.
4200 gendarmes and police officers will also be deployed there. The morning has so far been marked by sparse parades in several metropolises. There had never been so few people in Tours (2400 demonstrators), Orleans (2000), Saint-Étienne (1080) or Rouen (2900). Clermont-Ferrand, with 5000,7 people, was also far from its record of March 19.