They banned the "yellow vests" from down the Avenue des Champs-Elysees

Paris police headquarters announced Friday that the "yellow vests" they will not be able to protest in the Avenue des Champs-Élysées and in a perimeter that includes the palace of the Elysee, seat of the presidency and the National Assembly.

This ban comes six days after publication. looting of stores, destruction and fire on the famous Avenue of the capital during the demonstration every Saturday of these activists opposed to the policy of President Emmanuel Macron.

According to the Government, among the demonstrators, there were 1500 ultraviolet who attacked sports and luxury shops, banks and set fire to buildings, shops and restaurants, including the famous Fouquet's.

"There are serious reasons to believe that violence and damage are likely to reproduce"Saturday, says the order of the new prefect of Paris, Didier Lallement, whose predecessor was sacked after the scenes of the weekend.

The event will be prohibited on "Avenue des Champs-Elysees" and "in blocks of 100 meters in the transverse streets that lead there, as well as on the esplanade of Etoile. [ndlr: Arco del Triunfo] and in a perimeter that includes the seat of the Presidency of the Republic and the National Assembly ", said the prefecture in a statement.

The traffic of vehicles will be prohibited in the area of ​​the Elysée from 6 o'clock in the morning. Those who violate the order could be fine from 38 to 135 euroswarned the police.

The order of the prefecture provides that "ban on carrying weapons", including forgery, and" ammunition ", as well as" anything capable of constituting a weapon ".

Objects "designed to conceal all or part of the face to prevent identification" will also be prohibited, as well as firecrackers and pyrotechnics.

Outside the mentioned perimeter, "the right to manifest, which is a fundamental freedom, can be exercised freely"added the prefecture.

The revision of the government's strategy to prevent the situation from escaping its control includes the deployment of more soldiers from the Sentinel anti-terrorist operation to protect some of the official buildings, a decision surrounded by controversy.

Although the government stresses that the soldiers will not be in contact with the protesters and baderts that their presence will allow the security forces to strive to avoid unrest, opposition members and some lawyers consider their presence as dangerous and potentially provocative.

Last Saturday there were some 32,300 demonstrators in France and around 10,000 in Paris. The increase in violence coincided with an increase in turnout: the previous Saturday, there were 28,600 protesters nationwide and about 3,000 in the capital alone, according to figures from the Ministry of Labor. ; Interior.