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These are not unusual security devices, but also judicial devices that are announced around the region of Biarritz for the good performance of the G7, which is held from August 24 to 26.
All state bodies will ensure the safety of Biarritz and its surroundings. A total of 13,200 police and gendarmes will be mobilized as well as the military air and sea forces. A security system set up jointly with the Spanish authorities, as said Christophe Castaner, Minister of the Interior.
" This close co-operation with our Spanish neighbors is reflected in numbers of the Basque Autonomous Police, the Civil Guard, the Spanish National Police in particular, who will thus be deployed to ensure public security on Spanish territory and the control of our borders. But also in cooperation, particularly in matters of intelligence, with the French authorities, "said Christophe Castaner, traveling to Biarritz.
Castaner insists on "exceptional cooperation"
A necessary cooperation, according to Christophe Castaner, he wants to limit the excesses and violent rallies, especially in the context of counter-G7 planned Hendaye , a few kilometers from Biarritz. " It must be able to stand freely, in good conditions of safety and in the respect of public order. We will not tolerate any overflow. our goal is to allow the immediate dispersal of gatherings and the rapid arrest of troublemakers. "
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Authorities fear the presence of violent groups. To remedy this, a large security perimeter has also been applied around and in the city of Biarritz. In addition, five people have already been arrested, suspected of having launched a call to attack gendarmes, four of whom were released Tuesday at midday.
Authorities predict 400 in custody a day
Downstream, on the judicial level, the device is also exceptional. Magistrates, lawyers, infrastructure needed to accommodate people judged. It is a real "ephemeral city of justice" that comes out of the ground.
On the side of the lawyers first. The number of criminal duty in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques will be multiplied by ten to cope with possible overflows. Indeed, the Bayonne Bar, which usually works with eight on-call lawyers, will go to 70 G7 weekend time. It is the same on the side of the magistrates with reinforcements of envisaged.
Legal professionals have anticipated the possible arrival of black blocks , "yellow vests" or even Basque nationalists. A summary dormitory and a shower have been set up in the Bayonne lawyers' house. And prefabricated were installed behind the courthouse to accommodate the detainees.
The mobilized staff also received special training on the new administrative interdiction rules for demonstrations.
Prosecutors and clerks from neighboring courts have been called upon to address these risks. Throughout the G7 period, the authorities expect up to 400 police custody a day.