France is deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes to secure mass protests planned across the country today, November 5.
France is deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes to secure mass protests planned across the country today, November 5.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunes told BFMTV the deployment matches the level used for the October 31 protests, with special units, dog teams and mounted police included. The priority, he said, is keeping the demonstrations peaceful and preventing unrest.
Why it matters: the scale of the deployment shows how seriously Paris is taking a protest movement that has repeatedly filled streets and strained police resources in recent weeks.
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