Will the re-entry serve as a rebound for opponents of the sanitary pass?
This is in any case what the organizers hope, this Saturday, of dozens of rallies throughout France, against the management of the coronavirus crisis by the government.
While the mobilization has only weakened this summer, it could see its ranks swell on this first Saturday which can benefit from "a back-to-school effect".
A few days before the entry into force of the vaccination obligation for caregivers, the demonstrators intend to count among them several thousand of these hospital workers and employees of retirement homes.
One thing should not change: it is in the capital that the largest gatherings of demonstrators should be found.
141,655 anti-health pass demonstrators marched this Saturday in France (including 18,425 in Paris), according to the Ministry of the Interior.
This number is down for the 4th consecutive Saturday.
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No less than four processions are expected in Paris, initiated via calls from several collectives of “Yellow Vests” and “Angry Citizens”.
All have been declared to the prefecture.
The demonstration of the Patriots, the party of Florian Philippot, will leave from the Porte Dauphine at 2 p.m. in the direction of the Trocadéro (16th century).
Towards a hundred gatherings in France
Two events are organized by the Yellow Vests, according to BFMTV.
The first, led by Sophie Tissier, will start from Place Pierre-Laroque (7th) around 12 noon to finish at Denfert Rochereau (14th).
The second, initiated by Faouzi Lellouche, will start from Place de Breteuil (7th) around 12 noon to go to the Place du Palais-Royal (1st).
Another event organized by The Last Rampart with Hadama Traoré will start from Place Wagram (17th century), also towards Palais-Royal.
In total, some 30,000 participants are expected in Paris.
But it is the final junction of two processions at the end of the day that seems to concern the authorities.
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Some 170,000 demonstrators against the health pass are expected in a hundred rallies throughout France, including 8,000 in Montpellier, and 3,000 in Toulouse and Annecy.
A revival compared to last weekend when 140,000 demonstrators marched, including 18,000 in Paris, according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior.
Last week, protests brought together 7,000 people in Montpellier, 3,700 in Lyon, 2,900 in Nice and 2,700 in Lille.
In Nantes, 2,400 people took action.
Throughout France, at least 21 arrests, including three in Paris, had been recorded after overflows.
This Friday evening, at least 49,540,000 French people received a first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus, which represents 85% of eligible people (12 years and over). Fewer than nine million people who can get vaccinated have yet to receive a single injection.
