In Marseille as in Paris, the civil march against anti-Semitism took place this afternoon. In both cities, the processions were very well attended. This morning, demonstrations on the same theme took place in other cities in France.
105,000 protesters in Paris, according to the police. About 105,000 people marched on Sunday afternoon in Paris during the major march against anti-Semitism organized at the request of the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher, as reported by the police.
The procession formed behind a banner that read “For the Republic, Against Anti-Semitism,” which was also joined by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and former Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande. This is the largest mobilization against anti-Semitism since the protest march against the desecration of the Jewish cemetery of Carpentras in 1990.
7,500 people in Marseille according to the police. Approximately 7,500 people, according to the police, marched on Sunday in Marseille “against anti-Semitism.” Our journalist, present on site, estimates that this figure is overstated and that there were around 3,000 people. President of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur region Renaud Muselier (Renaissance), President of the Aix-Marseille metropolis Martine Vassal (LR), LR senator Valérie Boyer and far-right senator of the Reconquest! party Stéphane Ravier also marched.
The presence of the latter actually caused a small incident at the beginning when a group of demonstrators shouted “Get the fascists out!” at him.
More than 182,000 protesters in France, no notable incidents reported. More than 182,000 people marched on Sunday afternoon against anti-Semitism in France, including 105,000 in Paris, according to the Interior Ministry and the police prefecture.
At 5:30 p.m., 110 demonstrations (outside Paris) had mobilized 77,560 people, the ministry noted, pointing out that the most important actions were organized in Marseille (7,500 people), Strasbourg (5,000), Grenoble (3,700), Bordeaux (3,500), Nice (3,000), Lyon (3,000), Nantes (2,000), and La Rochelle (2,000). In the capital, 105,000 people marched, according to the police prefecture. “No notable incidents” were reported, the ministry emphasized.
The demonstrators are beginning to disperse in Marseille. Gradually, the civil march against anti-Semitism is coming to an end. The demonstrators are starting to leave the esplanade of the courthouse.
A huge crowd gathered in Paris. Tens of thousands of people began to march in Paris for the “grand civil march” against anti-Semitism, according to AFP journalists, in the presence of a large part of the French political class, including the far right, but without the head of state or the radical leftist opposition.
“For the Republic, Against Anti-Semitism”: behind a banner with the slogan of this demonstration, the head of the procession started off at 3:10 p.m. from the parvis of the National Assembly.
The esplanade of Les Invalides was black with a dense crowd, according to AFP journalists, while the metro stations and adjacent streets were congested, indicating very high turnout.
Thousands of people in Marseille. In Marseille, the civil march against anti-Semitism has started. The crowd, comprised of thousands of people, is large and silent. There are few young people, some families, and mostly older people among the demonstrators who are marching against anti-Semitism this Sunday afternoon in the Phocaean city.
Elected officials lead the procession in Marseille. Local political representatives, with the exception of France Insoumise, are at the head of the procession heading towards the courthouse in Marseille. Behind them, a large crowd descends Rue Paradis to say no to anti-Semitism, a month after the Hamas attack on Israel and the exportation of the conflict to France. A strong security presence has been deployed, and the march remains peaceful. No slogans are chanted, only signs are held up above the crowd.
Start of the grand march against anti-Semitism also at Les Invalides in Paris. The grand civil march against anti-Semitism began on Sunday afternoon in Paris, with the procession starting at Les Invalides behind the presidents of the National Assembly and Senate, Yaël Braun-Pivet and Gérard Larcher.
Behind the banner “For the Republic, Against Anti-Semitism,” there were also Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne and former Presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, as thousands of people gathered to participate in this demonstration.
A display of solidarity for the Republic. French flags fly in front of the prefecture in Marseille. A display of solidarity for the Republic in the face of the explosion of anti-Semitic acts in France: more than 1,240 recorded in a month, three times more than in 2022, since the Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and its response.
As a reminder, thousands of people were gathered against anti-Semitism on Sunday morning in several major cities before the “civil march” organized in the afternoon in Paris and Marseille.
The demonstrators start an impromptu singing of the national anthem in front of the courthouse in Marseille. The civil march against anti-Semitism in Marseille, which started at 3 p.m. from the prefecture, stopped on the courthouse square. After chanting a few slogans and singing the national anthem, the demonstrators are now static. Silently, some 2,000 people are gathered together in solidarity to say “no to anti-Semitism,” as acts against the Jewish community have escalated since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7.
“We are exactly where we should be,” says Le Pen present in the procession. “We are exactly where we should be,” said the head of the National Rally Marine Le Pen a few minutes before the start of the grand march against anti-Semitism on the esplanade of Les Invalides.
Marine Le Pen, whose presence in this procession is being contested by the left and the majority due to her party’s anti-Semitic past, called it “cheap political maneuvering.” A group of activists from a leftist Jewish organization, Golen, briefly tried to oppose her participation at the start of the demonstration before being restrained by the police.
