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Demonstration in Paris: the Conseil d’État upholds the Bagnolet–Charenton route

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AT A GLANCE
  • The 31 October demonstration in Paris will go from Porte de Bagnolet to Porte de Charenton.
  • The Conseil d’État’s decision changed the route announced on the 30th.
  • This article reflects information checked on the morning of the 31st. Check official announcements for traffic and restrictions on the day.
Archive photo of place de la République in Paris. Not a photo of the 31 October demonstration.
Coyau · CC BY-SA 3.0Archive photo of place de la République in Paris. Not a photo of the 31 October demonstration.
In this article

The change announced this morning

According to RTL and Zinfos974, the Conseil d’État on 31 October annulled the decision of the Paris administrative court. The route upheld links Porte de Bagnolet to Porte de Charenton, unlike the Bastille–Nation route announced the day before.

Why did the information change?

On 30 October, the administrative court had suspended the ban on the central route. The authorities then announced an appeal. To understand this sequence, compare the publication time and the updates: an article that was accurate yesterday may be out of date today.

Understanding the words

The Conseil d’État is the supreme court of the French administrative order. To annul means to remove the effects of a decision. A decision on a route does not mean that every demonstration is banned.

Before you go

This article presents information checked in the morning, not a summary of the day. Check the latest instructions from the authorities and the state of the transport network. No final number of participants and no incident report is given here.

LANGUAGE NOTES

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French grammar

Learn sentence patterns and usage from the article’s own sentences.

01Negation and its scope
Structure

ne / n’ … pas · ne … plus

In the article
Une décision sur un itinéraire ne signifie pas que toute manifestation est interdite.
Key points

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

02Citing a source with selon
Structure

selon + noun / organisation

In the article
Selon les informations du 31 octobre au matin, la décision de la veille a été renversée.
Key points

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

03Pouvoir: ability and possibility
Structure

peut / peuvent / pourrait + infinitive

In the article
Pour comprendre cette succession, comparez l’heure de publication et les mises à jour : un article exact hier peut être dépassé aujourd’hui.
Key points

Put a base-form verb after pouvoir. Peut means “can” or “may”; the conditional pourrait gives a more reserved possibility, “might”. It does not necessarily mean implementation is settled.

04Purpose with pour
Structure

pour + infinitive

In the article
Pour comprendre cette succession, comparez l’heure de publication et les mises à jour : un article exact hier peut être dépassé aujourd’hui.
Key points

This is the purpose, “in order to…”. Put the base form of a verb after pour. The purpose stated here is separate from whether the effect was actually achieved.

05The present of être
Structure

est / sont + complement

In the article
Le Conseil d’État est la juridiction suprême de l’ordre administratif français.
Key points

Est is third-person singular and sont third-person plural of être. They express “is / are” — a state or description. If a past participle follows, it is a different structure such as the passive, so check the words that follow.

06Dates and their prepositions
Structure

le + 日付 / du … au …

In the article
Selon RTL et Zinfos974, le Conseil d’État a annulé le 31 octobre la décision du tribunal administratif de Paris.
Key points

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

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Japanese grammar

Understand the structure and usage from the text.

01Citing a source: によると
Structure

noun + によると

In the article
RTLとZinfos974によると、国務院は31日、パリの行政裁判所の判断を取り消しました。
Key points

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

02Polite negation and plain form
Structure

〜ではありません / 〜ではない

In the article
この記事は朝の確認情報で、デモの結果を伝えるものではありません。
Key points

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

03Indicating the subject: について
Structure

noun + について

In the article
経路についての判断を、すべてのデモを禁止したという意味で読むことはできません。
Key points

As in “予算について”, it shows the topic to be talked about or explained. In the form “〜についての報道”, の is added so that the group qualifies the following noun.

04Qualifying a noun with に関する
Structure

noun + に関する + noun

In the article
Conseil d’État は、行政に関する裁判で最上級に位置するフランスの機関です。
Key points

As in “税控除に関する採決”, it explains what the following noun relates to. It is close to “about” and is common in headlines and descriptions.

05The polite past ました
Structure

verb stem (連用形) + ました

In the article
31日朝の報道では、前夜の判断が覆りました。
Key points

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

06Quoting with と: content and report
Structure

plain-form sentence + と + verbe de parole (報じる, 説明する…)

In the article
デモの経路はバニョレ門からシャラントン門までと報じられています。
Key points

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.

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