A success despite the controversies. At least 105,000 people, according to the Prefecture of Police, marched peacefully on November 12 in Paris, between the Place des Invalides and the Senate. Many French people were unable to complete the "great civic march" against anti-Semitism called for by the President of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, and the President of the Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, as a human tide had gathered under the Parisian greyness, interspersed with sunny spells. There were blue-white-red and Israeli flags. Marseillaise and Jewish songs were sung.
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"I am extremely confident, because today we have shown the most beautiful image of France, all together, whatever our political parties," said Yaël Braun-Pivet in front of the Luxembourg Palace, during a press briefing just before leaving the procession at 16:30 p.m. "We want to tell our fellow citizens of the Jewish faith that we are on their side, that we are mobilized...
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