This is a little less than last year, when it was necessary to enforce the ban on assembly linked to Covid.

But it is still some 90,000 police and gendarmes who will be mobilized in France, including 5,400 in Paris, for New Year's Eve, said Friday the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and the Paris police headquarters.

The "high and persistent level of terrorist threat" and the "recent events in Paris against the Kurdish community" must "lead to the greatest vigilance", writes Minister Darmanin in a note addressed to the prefects.

He asks them to provide a "deterrent device, visible and on foot", associating law enforcement and soldiers of Operation Sentinel.



Focus on public transport

Public transport will be particularly monitored, adds the minister, and filtering points to access places of gatherings with searches and pat-downs may be set up.

On the urban violence component, usually more frequent on the night of December 31, Gérald Darmanin calls for “the systematic arrest of troublemakers”.

It also calls for operations to be carried out against driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, starting on the night of December 30.

In Paris, where the traditional fireworks at midnight is back on the Champs-Elysées, 5,400 police and gendarmes will be mobilized, for its part indicated the police headquarters.

The system will be particularly reinforced on the famous avenue, where the Paris City Hall expects 500,000 people.

The take-out sale of alcohol and its consumption on public roads are prohibited from Friday evening to Monday morning in an area around the Champs-Elysées.

Traffic restrictions and public screening points with searches are also planned.

In 2021, 95,000 police and gendarmes, including 9,000 in Paris, had been mobilized for New Year's Eve.

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