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The sub-prefect raised questions, especially about securing the Garonne beach. Commander Moll, representing the gendarmerie, Lieutenant Bouteleux from Sdis 47, Laurence Bayle from the interministerial service of defense and civil protection, and Lionel Léri, security coordinator, responded, accustomed to managing and enhancing security at this site for several years.

“The main enemy is the weather!” joked Gilles Van Kote. In ten years, there have been two storms and a heatwave. The public, however, is of good quality and respectful. “Is there a limit?” asked the sub-prefect. “The festival welcomes around 9,500 people over three days, without any incidents in the evening. It remains human-sized to maintain the quality of exchanges, without a VIP area,” the journalist explained.

Guests “Sensitive”

Two guests will be “sensitive,” but not high-risk: Dmitri Mouratov, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2021, tolerated by the Russian authorities and free in his movements; and Coco, a press cartoonist, a survivor of the “Charlie Hebdo” attack. Under police surveillance, she is accompanied by two officers.

Discussing one of the themes of this tenth edition, the party, the director asked the sub-prefect if a representative of the state would be willing to discuss illegal parties, occupation of public space, security, and interactions with festival-goers. “I will relay this to the prefect,” she promised.