Paris police on Friday gave organizers of the city’s Pride March an ultimatum: voluntarily cancel Saturday’s event because of an extreme heatwave, or face an outright ban.
The warning came as the exceptional heat has pushed emergency services and hospitals in the French capital to their limits. The Pride March typically brings tens of thousands of participants into the streets of Paris each year.
Authorities extended the same cancellation request to two other large gatherings expected to draw similar crowds — a music festival known as Solidays and an athletics competition scheduled at Stade Charlety.
