On the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron is visiting the Château de Joux in the Doubs this Thursday, April 27. A visit that could well be disrupted by opponents of pension reform, still determined to be heard with pans.
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8h35 : The decree prohibiting demonstrations in Cluse-et-Mijoux where Emmanuel Macron is going has been withdrawn by the Doubs Prefecture indicates the Administrative Court. Three summary proceedings had been filed with the court by the human rights league in particular. The hearing scheduled for 8:30 a.m. therefore did not take place. A court dismissal order will be issued in the morning.
The CGT du Doubs called for a “pan concert” to welcome Emmanuel Macron. Appointment is fixed at the Malraux roundabout in Pontarlier, we are still far from the Château de Joux. Activists expect to have difficulty getting closer to the President of the Republic. The Prefecture has issued an order prohibiting demonstrations in the town of La-Cluse-et-Mijoux. Portable sound devices will be prohibited, but not pans, the Doubs prefecture told us. This order was challenged in summary proceedings by two associations, the League for Human Rights and the Association for the Defense of Constitutional Liberties (ADELICO). The administrative court of Besançon examines these appeals in summary freedom at 8:30 am in Besançon. Judgment expected in the morning while the President arrives at noon in the enclosure of the Château de Joux.
This Thursday, April 27, the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron is expected at the Château de Joux near Pontarlier in the Doubs. He will participate in a tribute ceremony to Toussaint Louverture, a figure in the fight against slavery in Haiti, imprisoned until his death in this former state prison, on this anniversary day of the abolition of slavery in France, 175 years ago.
The president should arrive in La Cluse-et-Mijoux, a small town at the foot of the Château, at the end of the morning and by helicopter.
Access to the Château de Joux is particularly difficult: perched on a rocky outcrop, it is no coincidence that the monument, which was called “the Fort de Joux” only a few decades ago, has long been a state prison. Only two winding roads, now one-way streets, lead to the Château. At the top of the peak, a single path passes under several tunnels before leading to the site enclosure. The building, consolidated by the military engineer Vauban, left little possibility for the prisoners to escape, with its high cliffs of a hundred meters.
With the France 3 Franche-Comté teams in La-Cluse-et-Mijoux and Pontarlier: Jérémy Chevreuil, Guillaume Petit, Sophie Hienard, Guillaume Soudat, David Martin, Rémy Bolard.
