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⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - Accused of antisemitic writings, Jordan Bardella chooses to file a defamation complaint with civil party status against Mediapart, which goes through an investigating judge. A lengthy procedure, while other avenues could have allowed him to seek to "cleanse his honor" more quickly. A choice that resembles a maneuver to bypass the presidential election: publicly displaying his desire for justice while delaying the judicial debate on the evidence. A direct citation would have allowed journalists to be summoned before the court without going through an investigation, with a possible ruling before the presidential election. An accelerated civil procedure was also conceivable, provided there was justification for urgency. The chosen procedure could, on the other hand, lead to an automatic indictment of journalists before any substantive examination. This offers the RN a communication argument, without this step meaning that journalists are guilty or that their revelations are false. The ruling itself could occur only after the presidential election. Journalists already say they are at the disposal of justice to respond to their information. Mediapart does not seem to be the camp that fears the judicial confrontation, according to the Huffington Post... (translated)

⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - Several high school students seriously injured in the face, teenagers beaten, and parents dragged to the ground: after three days of student mobilization, Libération documents numerous police #violence, with videos and testimonies to support it. Several national education unions are sounding the alarm. In Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, a 14-year-old was hit in the face by a direct shot from a tear gas grenade at about one meter away. According to his lawyer, he suffers from a double jaw fracture and has all his upper teeth broken. He will have to eat with a straw and will be unable to speak for at least 6 weeks. The IGPN has been notified. In Tours, another teenager has injuries consistent with a shot from a #LBD, according to the prosecutor. In #Sevran, witnesses describe parents dragged to the ground and students beaten or gassed during a charge by mounted police. In #Alençon, a video shows a teenage girl grabbed by the neck and then thrown to the ground, a police knee in the area of her head. The newspaper highlights the intervention of units not specialized in maintaining order against minors. Officers also hide their faces and prevent witnesses from filming. Laurent #Nuñez calls for strictly proportional force, but his office has not responded to Libération's questions about potential administrative investigations or suspensions… (translated)

🔴🇫🇷FLASH - Amid ongoing protests in the #high schools and now the #universities, the 2027 budget also includes a freeze on #housing aid. An announcement that comes after the one regarding enrollment fees in #BTS and #prep classes in public high schools for non-scholarship students... (PLF) (translated)

⚡️🇫🇷FLASH - The National Union of Journalists (SNJ), the first organization of the profession, strongly condemns the remarks made by Marine #LePen during a press briefing organized on Tuesday, September 29. The leader of the National Rally (RN) was reacting to revelations from Mediapart regarding #antisemitic remarks attributed to the president of the RN, Jordan #Bardella. The presidential candidate notably stated: "Now, it is Mediapart, I believe, that will need to put on its Kevlar suit, because there will obviously be a response to the way they behave." Kevlar is the material used to make bulletproof vests. The threat is therefore precise, public, and acknowledged. As a deputy and former party leader, Marine Le Pen perfectly knows that her remarks will be widely disseminated. These intimidations are of extreme seriousness. The #SNJ gives its full support to the editorial staff of #Mediapart, whose investigations contribute to illuminating public debate, and will stand alongside its teams if they wish to take legal action. (statement) (translated)

⚡️FLASH - Mobilization #highschool: the deputy Clémentine #Autain calls on the police prefect after the intervention of law enforcement in #Sevran. The elected official reports the use of mounted police, several arrests, 3 GAV (garde à vue), a shot from a LBD (defense ball launcher) into the legs of a representative of parents of students, as well as "numerous insults" from police towards young people and educational staff. "This mobilization deserves political responses. Not repression," she denounces. (translated)

⚡️FLASH - The high school protests are intensifying everywhere in France: 440 arrests on Tuesday and dozens of injuries since the beginning of the movement. In Tours, a high school student was seriously injured in the face, possibly by a shot from LBD: the IGPN has been seized. From Spain, Emmanuel Macron is making an appeal for calm. The high school students denounce overcrowded classes, absent teachers, and degraded study conditions. Manuel Bompard (LFI) accuses the government of having chosen "the strategy of decay." (statements) (translated)

🔴🇫🇷INFO - #Mediapart publiera « le maximum d’éléments » compatible avec la protection des sources pour démontrer « de façon implacable » que Jordan #Bardella est bien l’auteur des écrits #antisémites révélés, annonce le journaliste Antton Rouget. (itw À l’air libre - Mediapart) #Mediapart #antisémitisme #journalisme

⚡️🇫🇷INFO -En 2024, Complément d’enquête attribuait à Jordan #Bardella un compte Twitter mêlant sorties #racistes et éloge d’Alain #Soral. Il démentait et annonçait porter plainte. Plus de 2 ans après, aucune plainte reçue, indique aujourd’hui le journaliste Tristan Waleckx sur X. #Bardella #racisme #France

⚡️🇫🇷INFO -Nouvel exemple de la «dépolitisation» de la culture voulue par le #RN : à #Vierzon, le maire Y. Le Roux a déprogrammé une pièce racontant la lutte d’un salarié confronté aux mauvaises conditions de travail chez Amazon et tentant de s’organiser syndicalement. (Mediapart) https://t.co/X5mrQ6mfFs #Culture #Politique #Travail

⚡️🇫🇷INFO - Écrits #antisémites de Jordan #Bardella : le président du #RN, qui était nécessairement au courant de la sortie de l’article [puisqu’il avait été interrogé par Mediapart], n’a pas pris soin de prévenir l’entourage le plus direct de Marine #LePen, indique Le Parisien… https://t.co/v2mjWhkrYn #France #Politique #Antisémitisme