“No to the licence to kill”: national march on Saturday 14 November, ahead of the Senate’s examination of the bill
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The collective Stop aux violences d’État (SAVE, “Stop State Violence”) is calling for a large national march on Saturday 14 November 2026, across France, against the bill establishing a presumption of lawful use of weapons for police officers and gendarmes. Index joins this call. In Paris, the march gathers at 1 pm on the place de la République.
The Senate is due to examine the bill in public session on Thursday 19 November. The government brought the debate forward, whereas the Rassemblement national had scheduled the measure for its parliamentary slot on 10 December, according to Attac. Passed by the National Assembly on 7 July, the Pauget bill would presume that any officer who uses their weapon has acted under conditions of absolute necessity and strict proportionality. It would then fall to families to prove that a shooting was not justified, as Index has explained.
The petition against the bill, signed by more than 730,000 people, was shelved without a debate in the chamber. On 19 and 20 September, nearly 50,000 people had already marched in around a hundred towns and cities. The 14 November call, issued by the collective Stop aux violences d’État (SAVE, “Stop State Violence”), demands that the bill be rejected and that article L. 435-1 of the Internal Security Code, which has governed the use of weapons by law enforcement since 2017, be repealed. The Ligue des droits de l’Homme and Attac are also calling on people to demonstrate; Attac is also calling for a rally outside the Senate on 19 November.
Index Investigation joins the call of SAVE and the mobilised organisations, and calls on everyone to march on Saturday 14 November across France to firmly oppose the adoption of this law.
Where to march
In Paris: Saturday 14 November, 1 pm, place de la République. For other towns and cities, venues and times are published as they are announced on SAVE’s website.