Half a million people took to the unity march in Paris – BBC Russian

• January 11, 2015

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Demonstration moves to the Place des Nations, where the procession should be completed

A lot of people took to the streets of Paris pay homage to the victims of the recent terrorist attacks. The number of participants this action is already being called the most massive in the last two decades.

At the beginning of the march column headed leaders and senior officials from nearly fifty states.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of France Bernard said in a penalty interview that people have come much bigger than expected, “demonstrators just flooded the city, we could not expect such”.

According to the correspondent BBC BBC Patrick Jackson, people flock to the area from all neighboring Nations streets. He quotes one of the demonstrators, Laurent: “The terrorists attacked our freedom, we can not prevent the recurrence of this”.

The marchers want to show unity in the face of recent attacks on the editorial board of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, police Supermarket and kosher products. The victims of these attacks were 17 people.

solidarity march in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks of the last days are held in many French cities, as well as all over Europe: in Berlin, Vienna, Brussels and London.

The march started at 15:00 local time. The main column marched from the Republic Square on the Boulevard Voltaire and has already reached the Place de la Nation.

solidarity marches are held throughout Europe in Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, London

It was expected that the march of unity will be the largest march in the last year. Instead of the expected million people to the Place des Nations sent from 1.4 to 1.6 million people, according to BBC correspondent of BBC from the scene.

These are people of all ages, professions, from different social circles, children and the elderly – all came together on Sunday to express their solidarity in the fight against extremism.

Capital of the World

Many world leaders arrived in Paris to take participate in this grand rally.

In unity march attended many of the world’s political leaders

More than 40 leaders and senior representatives of various countries in the world were at the head of the column together with the relatives of the dead.

Among them – French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

Among the marchers – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, as well as the King and Queen of Jordan.

On the Russian side to take part in the march Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Sunday march has become the largest street action in the history of France

David Cameron, the British prime minister told the BBC BBC: “This is a demonstration of solidarity of people across the country: young and old, black and white. We say that we stand in solidarity with the victims and are not going to tolerate with this, because we are free, open and tolerant country. And I feel the same way “.

At the same time, the British leader added that there is no guarantee that such attacks will not happen in London. “We live in a free and democratic society and can not prevent attacks like this,” – said David Cameron.

French President Francois Hollande said that Paris was the capital of the world today.

The French want to show unity in its rejection of extremism

The Minister of Internal Affairs of France Bernard Caseneuve promised to take extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of Sunday’s action, called “republican march” or “unity march”.

In Paris, posted 2,000 police and about 1,000 soldiers, including snipers on the roofs of houses located on the route of the demonstration.

According to Bernard Kazneva, France will maintain an increased level of anxiety over the next few weeks.