Original title: On French National Day, 19,000 people took to the streets to protest Macron government’s new epidemic prevention regulations
[环球时报驻法国特约记者 董铭]According to the French newspaper Le Figaro on the 14th, it was the French National Day, and the Champs Elysées held a grand National Day military parade. On the same day, 19,000 people in France took to the streets to protest because they were dissatisfied with French President Macron’s tightening of epidemic prevention measures.
The military parade, a traditional French National Day commemoration ceremony, was suspended last year due to the epidemic. This year, the French government issued the slogan “Win Back to the Future”, aiming to use this military parade to boost people’s confidence in fighting the epidemic and rejuvenating the economy. But what is unexpected is that Macron’s recent tightening of epidemic prevention measures has triggered strong dissatisfaction among some French people. According to statistics from the French Ministry of the Interior, there were 53 protests across France on the National Day. In Paris alone, 2,250 people participated in demonstrations and clashed with the police.
Agence France-Presse said on the 15th that protesters chanted slogans such as “Down with the Health Pass” and “Against Dictatorship” to protest Macron’s new anti-epidemic regulations. Some protesters believe that the mandatory carrying of a health pass is “actually equivalent to compulsory isolation.” French police said that the protesters had deviated from the parade route and had violent acts such as arson and smashing. They had to use tear gas to disperse them.
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