To justify the suspension of this procession, it was indicated that there had been damage and a lot of damage committed on October 17, while specifying that it is the Council of State which is seized in this case. The Île-de-France inter-union was then worried about falling into the trap set by the prefecture during the demonstration on October 24, consisting of issuing a ban order far too late to prevent it from being challenged before the administrative court.
The route of the procession on Saturday October 31, which must kick off at 2 p.m., is at the heart of a legal standoff between the organizers and the police headquarters in Paris.
The Paris administrative court finally suspended the ban order, thus vindicating the organizers who demanded respect for the choice of their route.
This dispute arises after the initial route between Bastille and Nation was first banned by the prefecture, leading to immediate protest from the unions.
The Minister of the Interior, however, immediately announced that the Paris police chief would appeal this decision.
After the publication of the decree by the prefecture on Friday morning, the unions decided to contest it with the aim of “enforcing the fundamental right to demonstrate, including the choice of route”. “We have had enough of having routes imposed on us or of having demonstrations banned altogether, which is a constitutional right,” declared the inter-union.