Overview
- About 90,000 police and gendarmes are deployed nationwide, including roughly 10,000 in Paris, with authorities calling for firmness and rapid response.
- Paris will replace large concerts with a 23:50 visual mapping on the Arc de Triomphe and a midnight fireworks display, with checkpointed entry and a ban on public alcohol inside the secured zone.
- To manage crowds, several Metro and RER stations close from late afternoon, while public transport is free and runs overnight until midday on January 1.
- In Strasbourg the night before New Year’s Eve, police came under fire from firework mortars, around 20 vehicles were burned, and three minors were arrested, with no officers injured.
- Controls intensify across regions as customs at the Franco‑German border seize about 10 kg of pyrotechnics in two hours and roughly 100 kg in December, while prefectures impose fireworks and fuel restrictions, authorize aerial surveillance, and expand road checks as a survey shows about 26% plan to drive and 79% to drink.