French Merchants Prepare for Tomorrow's Protest
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French merchants are preparing for tomorrow's day of protest by covering shop windows with wooden boards and looking for people to protect their stores.
Ahead of large-scale protests in Paris, merchants and citizens have taken steps for self-defense, such as closing shops and purchasing self-defense items, out of fear of looting and violence. Although the government has implemented measures to protect facilities and ban demonstrations, tensions have reached a peak due to conflicts with civic groups.
The failure of the security forces during the October 17 riots prompted some Parisian restaurateurs to consider the use of weapons. They denounced the failure of the state to protect their businesses already weakened by the economic crisis.Before the demonstrations announced on Saturday by collectives of Yellow Gilets and students as well as by the unions at the departure of the Place de la Bastille, some Parisian merchants issued a warning that…
On the eve of a second citizen mobilization in Paris, merchants and brands are preparing for new scenes of looting and must compose between the authorities' advice to resort to security guards, economic reality and calls on social networks to opt for self-defence.
As traders barely recover from the October 17 rampage, they must already anticipate the consequences of a next day of mobilization. The shops of the Place de la République try to protect themselves at best against possible vandalism.
Ahead of large-scale demonstrations, concerns about riots and looting are spreading. Amid ongoing demonstrations in France demanding measures against rising prices and improvements to education, student protests continued in Paris on the 22nd. On the 24th, individuals associated with the "Yellow Vest" movement, which staged large-scale protests across France in 2018, are calling for another demonstration. In this context, preparations for riots …
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