Le Figaro Lyon
Neighborhood cordoned off for the arrival of the Head of State in Lyon, a week after the violent clashes of the May Day parade.
An important security perimeter will be set up in the morning around the National Memorial of the Montluc prison, on the occasion of the visit of Emmanuel Macron as part of the ceremonies of May 8, while several calls to demonstrate have been launched. , as with each trip since the promulgation of the pension reform.
The President of the Republic will come to pay homage to Jean Moulin and to the French Resistance in this high place of memory of the Shoah at the beginning of the afternoon, after the traditional passage under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
Large security perimeter
The Rhône prefecture announces on this occasion
"reinforced security measures"
in the Montluc district from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
"They will involve a number of traffic restrictions, in particular for motorists, pedestrians and users of public transport"
.
Vehicle traffic will thus be prohibited in an area extending from boulevard Vivier Merle to the west, to rue Saint-Firmin to the east and from avenue Félix Faure to the north to that of the Lumière brothers to the south.
Public transport traffic, in particular the T3 and T4 trams, metro D, the Rhône express and half a dozen bus lines, will also be disrupted in this sector.
Gatherings prohibited, police drones authorized
“Processes, parades and gatherings”
will also be prohibited from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in a wider sector, going as far as Guillotière and Part-Dieu.
It will be forbidden to hold firecrackers or fireworks mortars, but also
“equipment intended to defeat all or part of the means used by the representatives of the public force for the maintenance of public order”
.
Clearly protective glasses, masks or helmets.
Possession of weapons and dangerous substances is also prohibited.
The law enforcement system will also be reinforced by the use of drones flying over the sector, already authorized during the May Day demonstration.
