Hundreds of thousands of people, among whom were the leaders of most European countries took part in the march of solidarity against terrorism in the French capital. The demonstration was attended by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Marsh in which police estimated only in Paris was attended by more than 600 thousand people was dedicated to the memory of victims of terrorism: journalists and editorial staff of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, police and hostages killed in a kosher supermarket in the north-east of the capital of France.
In the procession was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US Attorney General Eric Holder, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Ukrainian President Poroshenko.
A total of march was attended by over 40 representatives of foreign countries.
In a sign of the unity of the French nation in the tragic moment, French President Hollande appeared at the event with his predecessor, former President Nicolas Sarkozy. Among those who arrived in France were also Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
Russia was represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
The Marches similar to Paris, took place in other countries. In Moscow, a mass rally was not, but many came to the building of the Embassy of France with flowers.
In Paris, meanwhile maintain sufficient voltage setting: the authorities are afraid of new terrorist attacks by Islamist groups. In the center of the capital were brought large groups of police and gendarmerie.
The possibility of a repetition of acts of terrorism raises concerns, in particular, the leaders of the Jewish community, despite the fact that the President of the Republic said that the authorities are ready to organize any necessary until the paramilitary, protection of synagogues and Jewish schools.
In turn, Prime Minister Manuel Valls turned to French Jews asking them not to leave the country. It is worth noting that last year the main flow of new immigrants to Israel fell exactly on immigrants from France.
What happened in wording Charlie Hebdo tragedy – this is the first such large-scale act of terrorism in France over the past decade. One member of the French Parliament of Jewish origin Meyer Habib has described him as “our September 11».
Although the September 11 attacks of 2001 in the United States are not comparable to the number of victims on the events in France, certain parallels can hold, if we are talking about political consequences, says analyst Risk Insurance Managenment in Dubai Theodore Karasik.
He says that the majority of Muslim enclaves in Europe suffer from marginalization, as well as by the crisis of its own identity.
Today, many experts said Karasik, unsuccessfully trying to determine what is a “modern moderate Islam” and calling for reformation receiving in response to a radicalization of the first moderate currents.
On the other hand, French society, as in 2001, the US, rallied in the face of the terrorist threat, which the artists tried to strike at the core values of a modern democratic society and the way life which professes most Westerners.
According to the latest Ministry of Internal Affairs of France, just to the streets of the country as part of the march of unity came about 3.7 million people.
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