Originally against health measures, the demonstrations seem to have won: the vaccination pass is lifted, but not repealed. The people still have the sword of Damocles over their heads. Protesters are now demanding accountability; rallies have been declared throughout France.
Special weekend also for the Yellow Vests. One of the members historical and one of the biggest protest organizers in the capital, Nejeh Ben Farhat, died this week. The Yellow Vest had been in a coma for several weeks after a car accident, he finally succumbed to his injuries. Thus, in Paris, only two demonstrations of yellow vests are declared this Saturday, at 2:30 p.m. Place du Colonel Fabien and 1 p.m. Place Clichy.
The demonstration on Saturday March 19, 2022 in Paris will be dedicated and in tribute to our comrade Nejeh Ben Farhat by carrying our colors and our demands loud and clear as he has always done!! (Let’s be many)#RIP
Courage and support to his family pic.twitter.com/dPVMRiCdHX
– The Yellow Vests (@GiletsJaunesFr_) March 15, 2022
On the manifestationgiletsjaunesparis.fr website, the Yellow Vests pay homage to him: “ Nejeh was a figure of the Parisian Yellow Vests, appreciated by all, he was a historic Yellow Vest present since the very beginning of the movement. With more than 140 demonstrations to his credit, Nejeh was an outstanding organizer, he was always at the head of the procession to ensure the smooth running of the demonstration, while letting the demonstrators do as they saw fit. It was in Paris the declarant of demonstrations who managed to bring in the most yellow vests, the most unifying. Always with his yellow vest, participating in a demonstration without a vest was inconceivable for Nejeh. »
This Saturday, March 19 is also a special day for the Freedom Race runners. This event will end today, in Paris. Raphaël Llodra traveled more than 700 km from Lourdes to Paris. They will be in Lésigny this afternoon, where they will sleep before leaving on Saturday morning around 10 a.m. The arrival in Paris is scheduled for the 19th, in front of the Sacré-Coeur, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. depending on how the race progresses. We followed them this week for a day from Tuesday to Wednesday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD-hJlerGy0
Read also: 24 hours in the “Race of freedom”: Raphaël Llodra has traveled more than 700 kilometers
Throughout France, here is a non-exhaustive list of meeting places:
Friday 18th March :
Alençon – 5 p.m. Place de la Halle au Blé
Saturday March 19:
- Agen – 2 p.m. at the Gravel
- Ajaccio – 2 p.m. – town hall square
- Angers – 2 p.m. kiosk in the Mail garden
- Angoulême – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – place New York
- Annecy – every Saturday – 1:30 p.m. – Prefecture
- Aurillac – every Saturday – 10 a.m. – Human Rights Square
- Auxerre – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – place de l’Arquebuse
- Auch – 2 p.m. Place de la Liberation
- Autun – 3 p.m. at the bandstand – Place du Champ de Mars
- Avignon – 2 p.m. Place de l’Horloge
- Beauvais – 2 p.m. – cathedral
- Besançon – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – Place de la Révolution
- Béziers – every Saturday – 10 a.m. – 30 place du 14 Juillet in front of the media library
- Bordeaux – 2 p.m. Place de la Bourse
- Bourg en Bresse – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – in the park opposite the prefecture
- Briare (45) – 2:30 p.m. – Place de la République
- Caen – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – theater
- Cahors – every Saturday – 10 a.m. – Regourd roundabout
- Châlons-en-Champagne – 2 p.m. at the Grand Jarl
- Chantilly – 10 a.m. forecourt of the station
- Chartres – every Saturday – 2:30 p.m. – place Châtelet
- Chaumont (52) – 2 p.m. on the forecourt of the town hall
- Cholet – every Saturday – 2:30 p.m. – place Travot
- Clermont-Ferrand 2 p.m. Place de Jaude
- Colmar – 2 p.m. Place Rapp
- Dijon – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – Place de la République
- Draguignan (Var) – every Saturday – 3 p.m. – in front of the sub-prefecture
- Dreux – every Saturday – 10 a.m. – place Mésirard
- Fréjus – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – Géant Casino roundabout
- Gap – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – nursery kiosk and departure 2:30 p.m.
- Grenoble – 2:30 p.m. Pierre and Marie Curie roundabout
- Herblay – 3 p.m. “La Foirfouille” roundabout
- La Flotte en D – 3 p.m. at the Carrefour de la Vierge
- La Rochelle – 1:30 p.m. in front of the aquarium
- Lannion – 10 a.m. – Quai de l’Aiguillon
- Le Have – 2 p.m. City Hall
- Le Mans – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – 2 rue du Miroir Lycée Marguerite Yourcenar
- Lille – 2 p.m. Place de la République
- Lyon – 2 p.m. – place Bellecour
- Lyon – 2 p.m. – Place Lyautey
- Lyon – 2 p.m. – place Guichard (For freedom)
- Marseille – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – old port
- Metz – 2 p.m. Place de la République
- Montpellier – 2 p.m. Place de la Comédie
- Mulhouse – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – place de la Bourse
- Nantes – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – crossing of the trams
- Narbonne – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – Les Barques
- Nice – 14 h – place Garibaldi
- Orléans – 3 p.m. in front of the Cathedral
- Paris – 2:30 p.m. Place du Colonel Fabien (Yellow Vests)
- Paris – 1 p.m. place Clichy (Yellow vests, Sébastien Philippart)
- Paris – 2 p.m. Place de Barcelona (Patriots)
- Perpignan – 2 p.m. – Catalonia Square
- Reims – 14 h place boulingrin
- Rennes – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – Place de la République
- Royan – every Saturday – 3 p.m. – aerodrome roundabout
- Royan – every Saturday – 2.30 p.m. – place Charles de Gaulle
- Rouen – every Saturday – 2 p.m. in front of the town hall
- Saint-Brieuc – every Saturday – 2 p.m. place Duguesclin
- Saint-Brieuc – every Saturday – 1 p.m. – under the Place du Martray halls
- Saint-Dié-des-Vosges – 2:30 p.m. – in front of the cathedral (place du G. de Gaulle)
- Saint-Etienne – 2 p.m. place Jean Jaurès
- Saint-Florent-des-Bois – 2 p.m. – community hall
- Saint-Germain-en-Laye – 11 a.m. forecourt of the church
- Saint-Nazaire – 2 p.m. town hall
- Sélestat – 14 h – square Ehm
- Strasbourg – 13 h 30 – place Kléber
- Thonon-Les-Bains – every Saturday – 2.30 p.m. – place des Arts
- Toulon – 2 p.m. Place de la Liberté
- Toulouse – 2 p.m. – Jean Jaurès metro station
- Vannes – every Saturday – 2 p.m. – esplanade du Port
- Versailles – 11 a.m. – Versailles town hall
- Vichy – 2 p.m. town hall
- Voiron – 2 p.m. – in front of the cathedral