Covid-19: what to expect during the anti-health pass protests on Saturday, August 28?

Saturday August 28, for the seventh time, opponents of the sanitary pass will pound the pavement in Paris and in more than 200 cities in France.

From Toulon to Dunkirk, from Brest to Strasbourg via much more modest cities like Die, Livarot or Saint-Girons, thousands of demonstrators will take to the streets.

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The objective remains the same: to protest against the law validated by the Constitutional Council and entered into force on August 9, fixing the extension of the health pass and compulsory vaccination for many professionals, including caregivers.

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The mobilization withers over the protests, according to the Ministry of the Interior.

175,503 people gathered last Saturday, compared to 214,845 the previous week and 237,000 the Saturday before.

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On August 28, even if the two previous mobilizations took place without major incidents, a large number of police forces - around 3,000 - will be deployed to supervise the Parisian parades. A device "

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Four processions of demonstrators were declared at the Paris prefecture.

The first will be led by Florian Philippot, founder of the Les Patriotes movement and candidate for the 2022 presidential election. This procession will start at 2:30 pm from Place Joffre, in front of the military school, to go to Place de Fontenoy .

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The second procession, likely to bring together the most people, according to our information, will leave the Place de la Bourse at 1:30 p.m. to go to the royal palace.

The third event, led by Sophie Tissier, a historical figure in the “yellow vests”, will go from Denfert Rochereau to the Invalides from 12 noon.

The last procession will gather in Port-Royal to go to the place of Colonel Fabien from 1 pm.

Elsewhere in France the protest will also be heard in the street, in Toulon in particular, where the protest has been very strong in recent weeks. About 6,000 demonstrators marched there last Saturday according to a count from the prefecture of Var. In Montpellier, they were 9,500 last week and clashes causing a few injuries had taken place in the afternoon between anti-fascist activists and those of the Ligue du Midi, a far-right movement.