Fireworks seen in Paris this Tuesday, December 3, 2024 late afternoon

If you have a view of Paris this Tuesday, December 3, 2024, you may have seen fireworks rising above the Parisian rooftops at the end of the afternoon. Is this a surprise fireworks show? A rehearsal? A priori no. If we refer to Twitter users, these fireworks would be fired from the Esplanade des Invalides on the sidelines of the taxi demonstration. The latter are protesting against the CPAM bill. It would therefore be an illegal fireworks display.

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Throughout the day, several hundred taxis gathered around the National Assembly and the Invalides because of their dissatisfaction with the drop in prices for transporting patients. On the Esplanade des Invalides, firecrackers and fireworks were set off in protest. The pyrotechnic effects thus aroused questions among Internet users and across the capital for those who were at height at the time of these events. This is therefore not a rehearsal or preview of a planned event.