Global security law: before Christmas, the mobilization seems to be marking time

Processions bringing together several hundred people marched on Saturday across France against the proposed Global Security law that they consider liberticidal but also more generally against the policy of the government, the mobilization seeming to give signs of running out of steam.

In Paris, a few hundred demonstrators gathered in front of the Council of State at the call of the "yellow vests", supervised by the police present en masse, before taking the direction of the Pont des Arts.

They wanted to organize a "march of the powers" passing by the Senate, Matignon and the National Assembly but their course was retested by the prefecture "because of risks of public disturbances" in a sector regrouping many businesses.

"Overall, I do not agree with the security turn taken by the government," said Sercan Gulubay in the procession, denouncing a "law of freedom".

Several hundred demonstrators in Lille and Bordeaux

In Lille, a march saw the convergence of opponents of the Global Security Act and members of the Sélom and Matisse collective, named after two young people who died caught by a train.

This collective had called to demonstrate all in black, three years after the facts, to request a reconstruction in order to clarify the role of the police in the drama.

The demonstrators were around 500 according to the prefecture.

In Bordeaux, around 200 people, including a figure of the “yellow vests” movement, Jérôme Rodrigues, demonstrated against the “liberticidal laws” and “Macron and his world”.

The demonstration took place without incident, according to the police, the demonstrators respecting the route they had declared without attempting to enter the perimeter of prohibition to demonstrate defined by prefectural decree.

Last Saturday, thousands of people marched under a very strong police presence throughout France to denounce the comprehensive security bill and the government's bill on separatism.