5,500 troops to be delpoyed across Paris for Sunday rally A march in the French capital on Sunday - in solidarity with Charlie Hebdo - is expected to draw hundreds of thousands. On the day, President Francois Hollande will be joined by a host of world leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron. According to the French interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, some hundreds of troops have already been deployed around the city, which is already on the highest possible alert. Images and Soundbites.