France bans the sale, possession and transport of fireworks during the July 14 national holiday weekend, following protests sparked by the police killing of a French-Algerian teenager
Fireworks explode during clashes with police in Le Port, French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, on June 30, 2023. / Photo: AFP
"In order to prevent the risk of serious disturbances to public order during the July 14 festivities, th e sale, possession, transport and use of pyrotechnical articles and fireworks is banned until July 15 inclusively," said a government decree published in the official Journal on Sunday. The ban does not extend to professionals or municipalities that are organising traditional fireworks for the Bastille Day celebrations, it added.Worried about a possible resurgence of rioting, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne told the daily Le Parisien on Saturday that the government would deploy"massive means to protect the French" during the national holiday.
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