REPLAY: French President vows to prevent violence ahead of protests

We're going to go across to the Elysee Palace where the French president is speaking after meeting security chiefs earlier today. Several apprehensions, detentions, several hundred people incarcerated. The work will continue and in due course, details will be given on the profiles, the next steps. But it's the greatest severity that was rightly requested by the justice minister to the prosecutors. and deeper investigations are underway for the most sophisticated actions that were led. Last Saturday, we had political acts, even seditious acts, organized by ultra-left organized groups aimed at bringing down the republic, let's be clear, and they make no mistake about it, very dangerous, very violent and planned. planned. And next to that, acts of crime that we need to be very severe with, but not of the same nature. Our determination is complete and our effort is to restore order, curfews, and I'll return to the next steps in a moment. Also, the work undertaken with the political parties and trade unions, the prime minister with ministers, so the labor unions, there'll be the political parties, there's several mayors and with two government members will be on the ground and this consultation effort is continued, so everyone assumes their responsibility and next Monday, as was said, the prime minister in government will convene the high school student organization, teachers, business leaders, local authorities and MPs, so that dialogue may continue on legitimate demands for our young people. In this context, for the next few days, in particular Saturday, the doctrine that was agreed very clearly is that everywhere where There's a willingness to resolve and to gather demands by people who have no legitimacy. Those will be banned by the prefects. It's not the time. We want a return to calm, and union representatives will file those requests. They'll be duly examined by our prefects, but we'll offer them alternative routes to protect our town centres, particularly our shops and public buildings. The rules are simple. It's common sense that there are no demonstrations in the coming days. People want to continue to protest. When it's the unions, prefects will offer alternative routes. If it's not the unions, everywhere we can, we'll ban them. So that calm is there, we can protect the shops and also protect public buildings. Of course, I thank the Interior Minister for that. Mobile forces are strongly solicited in this context so that the response can be adequate. After today, a defense counsel will be convened under my authority. We'll take additional decisions. Thank you.