Paris (France) (AFP) – The general secretary of the CGT, Sophie Binet, requested on Monday a response from the police headquarters on the route requested in the center of Paris for the demonstration on November 5, believing that a demonstration “must be seen” and “not hide”.

Published on: 02/11/2026 - 09:07

The trade union organizations, which call on all private sector employees, civil servants, as well as young people and retirees to demonstrate on Thursday for salaries and purchasing power, submitted a request several days ago to the police headquarters for a procession going from Place de la Bastille to Place de la Concorde, therefore crossing the center of the capital. A “simple and classic” course, judged Sophie Binet, interviewed on France 2.

“We are still waiting for the response from the prefecture. It is not serious to work in these conditions. We need to have the routes in advance to be able to secure them, in particular with the Paris town hall,” demanded the leader of the CGT.

Since the riots and looting which took place after the demonstration on October 17, the Paris police headquarters refused demonstrators to wander last Saturday and the previous one in the heart of the capital, only authorizing alternative routes on the edge of the city.

"It is unprecedented that demonstrations are banned in city centers, it is not possible. A demonstration must be able to be seen. We are not going to hide by going to demonstrate on the ring road anyway," considered Sophie Binet, recalling also that "more than 200 demonstrations will be organized" elsewhere than in Paris, as well as strikes.

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