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French police made a protest on November 2 in Paris.
Hundreds of law enforcement officers in civilian gathered for a rally near the glass pyramid of the Louvre Museum, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The protesters tried to attract the attention of the government and the public to ineffective the work of trade unions, demanded better working conditions and tougher penalties for hooliganism against police officers.
The action was directed in support of the victims of the guards in a clash with the youth, which occurred in the commune of Viry-Satio 8 Oct. Then a group of teenagers pelted police with Molotov cocktails, causing one policeman was hospitalized with serious burns.At the rally, the protesters were holding slogans “police pants” and “get your hands off my police”, and some burned sheets of paper with the words “membership card of the Union”.The patrol car that drove by the demonstration, gave the signal, supporting the demonstrators.
This is not the only statement to law enforcement officers. According to the Agency INTERFAX, October 21, the Paris police conducted one of the first protests. Then five hundred people rallied at the Trocadero, more than 200 in the suburbs of the capital. His colleagues supported the police of Lyon, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Marseille and Grenoble.
Note that 91% of the inhabitants of France believe these protests just. In the opinion of the government of France shares by any substantial psychological pressure on the guards of the events of the past year. The terrorist attacks in Paris, security during the Championship of Europe on football, the attack in nice, demonstrations against changes to the labour code – all this affected today’s unstable situation. Earlier, on October 26, in connection with the advanced requirements, the heads of the police unions had a meeting with President franΓ§ois Hollande and Bernard Kaznenom – Minister of the interior, in which was announced the plan for the allocation of special subsidies in the amount of 280 million euros for the needs of the police.
By author Irina Tsybulya