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In the French capital Paris, more than 500 right-wing extremists took to the streets on Saturday evening for a torchlight procession. About 300 counter-protesters responded to a call from an anti-fascist group, Paris police said.
Both groups gathered in the same part of the city, but some distance apart. The meetings were supervised by police officers, a journalist from the AFP news agency reported.
First forbidden, then allowed
Like every year, the identitarian group Paris Fierté called for a torchlight procession in honor of the patron saint Geneviève of Paris. The Paris police prefecture initially banned the meeting. She justified this with the risk of disrupting public order and referred, among other things, to “the international environment and the current tensions in France”.
However, the Paris Administrative Court lifted the ban on demonstrations. The anti-fascist counter-demonstration was initially banned by the police prefecture, but was subsequently allowed by the judiciary. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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