{"id":239344,"date":"2021-07-25T07:18:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T07:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=239344"},"modified":"2021-07-27T06:19:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T06:19:33","slug":"fierce-clashes-between-protesters-police-in-paris-as-tens-of-thousands-rally-against-covid-certs-vax-mandates-in-france-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=239344","title":{"rendered":"FIERCE CLASHES between protesters &#038; police in Paris as tens of thousands rally against Covid certs, vax mandates in France (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RT \u2013 July 24, 2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 25px; height: 0;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/530164-clashes-paris-protests-vaccination-certificates\/video\/60fc708985f54024065038d8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of French cities for the second weekend in a row to protest against health passes and mandatory vaccination for medics. In Paris, rallies ended up in scuffles with police.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officers in the French capital used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds as the situation on the streets spiraled out of control during the massive demonstrations provoked by the government\u2019s plans to extend health passes for public places and enforce mandatory vaccination for certain jobs, including health workers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Unreal numbers on the streets of Paris, let&#39;s see if the mainstream media call it &quot;couple of hundred&quot; . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/avokmVmSkS\">pic.twitter.com\/avokmVmSkS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Karl F Kennedy \ud83c\udd93\ufe0f \ud83d\udcac (@KarlFKennedy17) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlFKennedy17\/status\/1418968420108972032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 ALERTE &#8211; De plus en plus de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/manifestants?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#manifestants<\/a> arrivent \u00e0 envahir les <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChampsElysees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChampsElysees<\/a> \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris<\/a> contre le <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PassSanitaire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PassSanitaire<\/a>. Les forces de l&#39;ordre ne sont pas assez nombreux. (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Thms_rnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Thms_rnn<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AntiPassSanitaire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AntiPassSanitaire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/manif24juillet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#manif24juillet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/manifs24juillet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#manifs24juillet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FCxWEEwhrz\">pic.twitter.com\/FCxWEEwhrz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Speed Actu (@actuspeed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/actuspeed\/status\/1418968043452092421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Videos published on social media showed a crowd of angry young people forcing police officers to retreat from the Champs-Elysees by blocking the road, pelting officers with various objects and even attacking police vans. Law enforcement responded by deploying water cannon to disperse the crowd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Le canon \u00e0 eau est utilis\u00e9 sur les <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChampsElysees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChampsElysees<\/a>. Plusieurs centaines de manifestants <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AntiPassSanitaire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AntiPassSanitaire<\/a> bloquent la circulation. Tensions en cours. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/manif24juillet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#manif24juillet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XcUJ2iT3rU\">https:\/\/t.co\/XcUJ2iT3rU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nrV4SeILnZ\">pic.twitter.com\/nrV4SeILnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cl\u00e9ment Lanot (@ClementLanot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClementLanot\/status\/1418970195859750922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in Paris, a tense standoff between officers in riot gear and demonstrators ended up in a brief but fierce scuffle that prompted the police to use tear gas. In another incident, a crowd attacked a police motorbike by pelting it with bottles, forcing law enforcement officers to intervene.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tension now rising in Paris at the demonstration against the PassSanitaire. Protesters try to force a cordon of the mobile gendarmerie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KL2axS3OqL\">pic.twitter.com\/KL2axS3OqL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awakened World &amp; Lawyers of Light (@AwakenedOf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AwakenedOf\/status\/1418964122411089921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tensions on the rise in Paris, France between the police and protesters against the Macron government domestic vaccine pass. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLEVsslAUV\">pic.twitter.com\/uLEVsslAUV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Marie Oakes (@TheMarieOakes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMarieOakes\/status\/1418930435581743105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of people took to the streets of the French capital to join at least three major rallies. One of them, attended by people wearing yellow vests \u2013 a sign of another major anti-government movement \u2013 was organized near the Place de la Bastille.<\/p>\n<p>Another one \u2013 organized by the Eurosceptic \u2018Patriots\u2019 party \u2013 was organized at Trocadero, just across the river from the Eiffel Tower. Another group of protesters planned their march through central Paris.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Tensions en cours. Projectiles et gaz lacrymog\u00e8ne. Une partie du cort\u00e8ge sort de l\u2019itin\u00e9raire pour partir en cort\u00e8ge sauvage. <\/p>\n<p>Les gendarmes semblent en sous nombre pour g\u00e9rer les manifestants. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AntiPassSanitaire?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AntiPassSanitaire<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vhFhgyk6TO\">https:\/\/t.co\/vhFhgyk6TO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nHSf8Xhdr9\">pic.twitter.com\/nHSf8Xhdr9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Cl\u00e9ment Lanot (@ClementLanot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClementLanot\/status\/1418925597087182859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At least nine people were detained in Paris following the clashes, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GDarmanin\/status\/1418980238638391302\">according<\/a> to the French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.<\/p>\n<p>Massive rallies were also held in other French cities such as Marseille. In the city of Lille, 2,000 protesters took to the streets while demonstrations in Strasbourg were joined by 4,000 people. Most of the rallies were peaceful but Paris was not the only city to see some violent actions.<\/p>\n<p>In the western city of Poitiers, a group of protesters stormed a local town hall. A video published on social media showed some of them allegedly throwing a portrait of President Emmanuel Macron as well as some documents out of the town-hall window as crowds cheer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a1\ufe0fProtesters storm the town hall in Poitier, France, during an ANTI-COVID restrictions protest.<\/p>\n<p>One reportedly throws a picture of president Emmanuel Macron and other documents from a window to the cheering crowd below. <\/p>\n<p>(Via RT) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRNWrIclgu\">pic.twitter.com\/qRNWrIclgu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Randi M \ud83d\udc34 (@RandiM20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandiM20\/status\/1418974037179523082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A total of 161,000 people took part in 168 protest actions across France, Le Parisien reported, citing the interior ministry\u2019s data. Some 11,000 demonstrated in Paris alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">ENORME SUCC\u00c8S \ud83d\udc4f Manifestation g\u00e9ante place du <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Trocad%C3%A9ro?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Trocad\u00e9ro<\/a> \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Paris<\/a> passez le Bonjour \u00e0 BFMTV et ses soeurs SVP.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PassDeLaHonte?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PassDeLaHonte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/24Juillet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#24Juillet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XXJper060w\">pic.twitter.com\/XXJper060w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; L&#39;infirmier \ud83d\udc99 (@L_Infirmier0ff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/L_Infirmier0ff\/status\/1418945092954558473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The protests that gripped the French capital and other cities throughout the country for the second weekend in a row were sparked by the government\u2019s decision to extend a special certificate requirement for people visiting various public areas as well as to prolong a compulsory vaccination mandate for certain jobs, including medics.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the authorities announced that a special certificate, proving that a person is either vaccinated or has recovered from Covid-19 in the last six months or has a recent negative Covid-19 test, would be required to enter museums, cinemas or swimming pools.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018pass sanitaire,\u2019 which is being introduced gradually, will also be required from the start of August to enter restaurants and bars and for long-distance train and plane journeys. Previously, the pass had only been required for people attending large-scale festivals or clubbing.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend French lawmakers are expected to vote on the extension. On Saturday, the issue was debated in the state Senate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/530164-clashes-paris-protests-vaccination-certificates\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters take to the streets of Paris for a second week in a row to protest against new Covid clampdown measures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":239348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-239344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-france"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239344"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239347,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239344\/revisions\/239347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/239348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}