Their torch did not even have time to be lit. The decision of the Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez to ban a torchlight march planned by the ultra-right on Saturday evening in the capital was confirmed in the afternoon by the administrative court ruling in summary freedom, it was said. learned from police sources. This torchlight march in tribute to the “dead of February 6, 1934” was organized by Yvan Benedetti, a figure of the far right, whose movement “L’Œuvre française” had been dissolved in 2013.
On February 6, 1934, an anti-parliamentary demonstration bringing together far-right groups took place in front of the National Assembly and was one of the bloodiest of the Third Republic with around ten dead and some 2,000 injured.
Thursday, the prefect of Paris banned this march because of the risk of disturbing public order. Mr. Benedetti filed an appeal with the administrative court which confirmed the ban on Saturday.
In a tweet, the far-right activist took note of this decision and announced that the march was “cancelled under duress”.