In Paris today, will be the Republican march in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks – Ekho Moskvy radio station

In Paris today, will be the Republican march in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks – Ekho Moskvy radio station

 It will begin at 17 pm Moscow time. It is expected that it will be attended by more than a million people.

 The procession starts at the Republic Square, which was located next to the editors of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, and will end on the Place de la Nation. The event will be attended by members of almost all political parties, trade unions, religious groups and community organizations. At the head of the column, as reported by BBC, go relatives of the victims. They will be joined about 50 leaders and senior representatives of various countries: among them French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, US Attorney General Eric Holder and President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. It is noteworthy that to Francois Hollande, only one French President participated in street demonstrations. In 1990, François Mitterrand came to the demonstration after the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in the town of Carpentras.

 Its intention to take part in the march and said the leaders of the Arab world: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the King and Queen of Jordan, the foreign ministers of Algeria and Egypt. Will arrive in Paris and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has recently deputies of the National Assembly would close the entry into the country after France Netanyahu predicted increased terrorist threat. The Russian delegation was headed by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

 Organization of the procession was accompanied by a series of scandals. So, the government has not received an invitation to join the action of Marine Le Pen, leader of the right-wing “National Front”. Le Pen nevertheless urged his supporters to take to the streets, but not in Paris and in the provinces. She herself, according to Le Parisien, plans to appear in a small town in the department of Gard Beaucaire near the southern coast of France.

 Separately, Francois Hollande, as well as the prime minister Manuel waltzes and Interior Minister Bernard Caseneuve had to meet with representatives of the Jewish community. Politicians assured that security in the community is a priority for the government, especially in light of the attack on Islamist Amedie Coulibaly kosher supermarket.

 Shares in memory of the victims do not cease from Wednesday. On the eve of France took to the streets of about 700 thousand people.
 

 Russian President Vladimir Putin made a diplomatic mistake, do not go to Paris to march against terror, says political analyst Gleb Pavlovsky.
 
 

 Recall that the Russian delegation on the march will be led by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.