LIVE. Relive the highlights of Emmanuel Macron's visit to Besançon

Relive the highlights of Emmanuel Macron's visit to Besançon.

2:20 pm: The place is free, the first VIP visits started at 2:15 pm. Meanwhile, Emmanuel Macron went to the prefecture to decorate Jean-Louis Fousseret, then lunch.

14h: Departure of Emmanuel Macron. A gesture of the hand is all that will have had all the people behind the barriers that have sometimes waited 4 hours to be able to address the President of the Republic. The many blocked roads should be released in the wake of the departure of the presidential car.

1:48 pm: While Emmanuel Macron greets some of the 1000 guests present in the tent, some Bisontins are waiting to see him, behind the barriers of the security perimeter.

1:35 pm: "By inaugurating with you this museum, it is a stone for the ambition that we want to bring for the country, with you" Emmanuel Macron finished with his speech. You can find it right now here or below.

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1:25 pm: While Emmanuel Macron is expressing himself in front of their shop, tradesmen confide us: "There was a very bad information: no customer could reach the fishmonger We lost our morning We would have done better to close "explains Christian and Franca Gobin, who hold the fish shop of the place of the Revolution.

1:15 pm: Curious people follow the speech of Emmanuel Macron on our website while they are close to the Place de la Revolution. They could not enter the marquee in which the president is speaking.

13h: Emmanuel Macron supports his remarks, during a casual speech, on the "glances crossed", "the addition of sensibilities". "This place has made it a palimpsest, an original museum, unique.You have been able to give back through openings, plays of light, a new look.You were able to light the torch of spirits," said the president quoting Victor Hugo.

12h50: The speeches begin with that of Jean-Louis Fousseret, Mayor of Besançon.

12.45 pm: Emmanuel Macron goes down the stairs and filled the golden book of the Museum of Fine Arts. The president's visit to the museum is over. He is preparing to speak in the capital of the Place de la Revolution, prepared for the inauguration.

12:30 pm: Emmanuel Macron discovers the new architecture of the museum alongside Adelfo Scaranello, in charge of the renovation of the Museum of Fine Arts for 4 years. "We wanted a place open to the outside, brighter, people are intrigued and want to go back," said the architect. The quote is ironic when you know that in the streets of the city center many Bisontins are kept away.

12:15: "They did not warn us that they were going to block at the main street, Pasteur Street and Rue Claude Pouillet.This street should be accessible so it is inadmissible", said an exiled waterfront. Place Pasteur, employees of the Leffe café are also surprised to see the place Pasteur completely locked and are unable to get out their terrace. The security device and the blocked area is much wider than expected. The situation should be unblocked around 14h, once the President of the Republic left.

12:05 pm Emmanuel Macron now enters the Archeology section of the museum, located on the ground floor. Here, openings have been made to make more light enter. The president stops in front of The Triumph of Neptune, a mosaic discovered in Besançon (learn more about this work here).

11h54: The ribbon has just been cut by Emmanuel Macron. "In any case, congratulations for what has been done," said the president before entering the Museum of Fine Arts. The procession stops in front of a work on the ground floor and receives explanations from Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the center's museums. "We are a museum of donations, it is very important for us," explains Nicolas Surlapierre.

11:50 am Emmanuel Macron arrives on the Place de la Revolution. He warmly greets Jean-Louis Fousseret with a kiss. He then salutes the other elected officials present on the spot. He spoke a little longer with Christine Bouquin, LR chairwoman of the Doubs County Council, Marie-Guite Dufay PS President of the Regional Council of Franche-Comté.

11:40 am Jean-Louis Fousseret, his deputies and the journalists who will follow Emmanuel Macron in the museum, are waiting for the president who is 45 minutes late.

11h33: Protesters are now blocked before the court of Besançon, just in front of the town hall. Everything is carefully curled. They turn back once again towards Place Pasteur, in order to get closer to the Place de la Révolution.

11h25: A demining dog is on the Place de la Revolution. Everyone goes there, even the journalists. Emmanuel Macron is arriving at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Besançon.

Commentators, especially on social networks, denounce an event for the "elites", while the people are kept out. "The free movement, blocked and hampered by Macron.Fear lives up to no longer respect this free movement.Place of the Revolution: people sorted to welcome the King.There is something to laugh! , the sort is done! " testify of the Francs-Comtois on Twitter. The security perimeter imposed in the city center is wide. The protesters and trade unionists, meanwhile, remain blocked Place Pasteur. They decide to turn around and try to go through the court side, to no avail.

11h13: While Emmanuel Macron is slow, the intergroup of the council of Besançon "will not go to welcome the president". "We prefer the popular and festive inauguration of tonight's morning speechs.The works of this government are not ours, they do not deserve our applause," said Anthony Poulin, of Europe Ecology Greens, on Twitter.

11am: VIP guests enter the Revolution Square. Emmanuel Macron, meanwhile, must arrive at the museum. If he is on time, he should come in a few minutes on the Place de la Revolution. According to our information, Emmanuel Macron would not arrive at Dole airport but by helicopter at the aerodrome of La Vèze, located near Besançon.

10h56: The spirits warm up a little place Pasteur with the demonstrators trying to access the place of the Revolution. "We push, we push!" scream the most determined before a tear gas spray that makes them back. Calm comes down nicely.

10h50: Jean-Louis Fousseret, Mayor of Besançon, is preparing his speech in front of the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology. He must speak at about 12h, just before Emmanuel Macron.

10:46 am Some demonstrators are disappointed that they can not access the Revolution Square. This is the case of Éliane, who wishes to challenge Emmanuel Macron on the financial cost of former Presidents of the Republic.

10:34: "It's going to fart!" The place she is to whom! "The place of the Revolution is ours! He wants to break the code of work! We do not want this society, young people in the galley, the old in a hard time !" They are shouting and singing a hundred or so demonstrators and union representatives who are trying to reach Pasteur Square in Besançon.

10h17: The crowd arrives rue Courbet in Besançon. For now, the pbadage is still filtered here. This is the entry point to hope to approach Emmanuel Macron. Will he be in touch with the bisontin people? Nothing is less sure.

On the social networks, some commentators are surprised by the introduction ofa very wide security perimeter. "By 3/4 of an hour the Bisontins will have the opportunity to approach the Place de la Revolution" says Fabienne Le Moing, our journalist on site. Pastor's place, the checks are also carried out thoroughly.

10am: A small group of Bisontins, armed with flags of the CGT and PCF and Force Ouvrière, are currently gathered in front of the Saint-Jacques hospital in Besançon. The protesters intend to march to the Revolution Square.

9h37: Emmanuel Macron must sign the guestbook of the Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology of Besançon. He currently sits in the hall of the MBAA.

9h21: Rue Courbet the curious are eager to place to try to see Emmanuel Macron.The President of the Republic must arrive around 11 am in the capital of Franche-Comte.

9:10 am Rue Gustave Courbet in Besançon, the search and filtering are in progress. Only people who work on the Revolution Square can pbad, those who have an appointment and people with invitation can also enter the place.
8:50: The security services are scanning the approaches to the Battant Bridge. The Ginko network buses are blocked around the Revolution Square until the departure of the president. The street of the prefecture is also blocked by gendarmerie bus. The city center of Besançon is under the control of the police, before the arrival of Emmanuel Macron.

As a reminder, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron is expected at 11 am Place de la Revolution. A security perimeter has been set up around the Place de la Révolution : rue Goudimel, rue des Boucheries, rue Gustave Courbet, Paris crossing, rue des Granges at the corner of rue Luc Breton.

8:30 am: The Bisontins discover the joys of the security perimeter installed in the city center.

It was the first visit of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron to Besançon. He was accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Franck Riester. Besançon inaugurates its new Museum of Fine Arts and Archeology redone after four years of work, this Friday, November 16.

The visit of the Head of State was eagerly awaited by the Bisontins. Indeed, some tried unsuccessfully to see the presidential motorcade. Others tried to shout their discontent, but were blocked at the entrance to Place Pasteur.

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