The 2026 vintage promises to be more sober than expected. As a heat wave sets in over a large part of the territory, the Paris police headquarters has issued an order prohibiting the consumption of alcohol on the quays of the Seine as well as on the banks of the Saint-Martin canal, in particular on the quays of Jemmapes and Valmy.
The ban will come into force on Sunday from 8 a.m., while the sale of alcohol in supermarkets located around the Saint-Martin canal will be banned from 1 p.m. The prefecture also prohibits the possession and transport of alcoholic beverages, as well as glass containers, in the sectors concerned.
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« Consumption of alcohol on public roads is an aggravating factor in recurrent public order disturbances observed by law enforcement.“, underlined the prefecture Friday evening. The authorities also highlight the large crowds expected for the Music Festival, in a context of heatwave vigilance.orange, even red ”.
According to the decree, health recommendations recommend completely avoiding the consumption of alcohol during episodes of high heat, as this can “worsen dehydration» and «Âalter the body’s natural thermal regulation mechanisms“. If offenders are exposed to a fourth class fine, i.e. 135 euros, the ban is likely to be maintained throughout the night from Sunday to Monday, according to information collected by our colleagues.Monde.
Not far from the docks, another dispute
Only a few hundred meters from the quays targeted by the restrictions, another file animated the preparations for this new edition. The Paris administrative court on Friday suspended the police chief’s order banning a concert organized by La France insoumise, Place de la République.
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Saisi on appeal, the court held that « lhe risks of disturbances to public order invoked by the order to justify the ban were not sufficiently justified by the prefectIt is relevant thatNone of the elements produced could support them».
Turn of the screw in the most affected departments
The restrictions put in place in Paris are part of a broader system announced on Saturday by the government in the face of the heatwave. At the end of an interministerial crisis unit, the services of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu indicated that the prefects of the 35 departments placed on red alert by Météo-France would issue orders prohibiting the consumption of alcohol on public roads. “For all events organized by the state and its operators, instructions are given not to offer alcohol“, also specified the services of Matignon.
L’exécutif appelle ainsi à «Âlimit and control» consumption of alcohol in order to avoid additional pressure on the health system. In the background, “the urgency to keep our hospitals running because the most fragile cannot wait“, argued the Prime Minister’s entourage.
