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The message stated that Axel Ronde, a police officer, abruptly left the set of France 24 live on air, exasperated by the anti-police comments of a guest. #axelronde #colère #chaos #pillages #justice #police #policiers #17octobre https://t.co/SCjTYR85yi #police #colère #chaos #FR (translated)

Seydi Ba wrote that he would prefer his taxes to be used to repair the damage caused by popular anger rather than to finance a €34,000 armchair for Gérard Larcher or €50,000 worth of dishes at the Élysée. He presented this as a matter of priority. #JusticeSociale #Priorités #Économie (translated)

Press briefs reported that, in its latest editorial, Le Monde argued that the protests on Saturday, October 17 should not be reduced to looting and destruction. The newspaper claimed that the vast majority of the processions had been peaceful and made legitimate demands, with 800,000 participants according to the organizers and 550,000 according to the Interior Ministry. The editorial blamed Emmanuel Macron for a persistent deafness to social movements during his two terms. It reproached successive governments for sidelining unions since 2017, weakening their role as intermediaries, and ignoring the dissatisfaction of young people. Le Monde linked the movement of October 17 to the Yellow Vests, which emerged in December 2018 around purchasing power and the cost of living, and reminded that the 225,000 contributions from the grievance books had not led to a political translation. The newspaper estimated that the 2023 demonstrations against the pension reform, adopted by the Borne government without a parliamentary vote, had similarly been followed by a lack of political response. According to the editorial, this situation had fueled mistrust towards the head of state, and the executive could no longer dismiss the demands; social peace, it argued, depended on their consideration. #Macron #GiletsJaunes #France (translated)

Cerfia reported that Emmanuel Petit, 1998 world champion, expressed his strong anger against the rioters after the violence on October 17. The former footballer said he wanted to take to the streets to fight them, insulted them, and stated that they acted in the same way, masked, and that cowardice united them. https://t.co/eZLIgjTDid #EmmanuelPetit #ViolencesUrbaines #Colère (translated)

Impact reported that Lisa, founder of Make My Lemonade, supported the claims of the protesters despite the looting and vandalism of her store during the violence on October 17 in Paris. According to Impact, she refused to allow her story to be politically appropriated and denounced the institutional, social, and economic violence that she believed fueled the anger. Not knowing when she could reopen, Lisa called for rebuilding together. #Solidarité #JusticeSociale #Résilience (translated)

The author reported that, on France Info, the lawyer of individuals accused of looting who were taken into police custody stated that his clients regretted nothing and believed their anger was justified in response to the government's neoliberal policies. He criticized what he termed a culture of excuse, which he associated with tragic consequences. #justice #politique #société #FR (translated)

The author wrote that Jacques Chirac was very concerned about the deaths he attributed to counterfeit medicines in sub-Saharan Africa, which he estimated at 450,000 per year. He said he remembered Chirac in Dakar with President Wade, where he was trying to understand the situation on the ground. https://t.co/GE2Kz8WjvD #Chirac #Santé #Afrique #SN #CI #FR (translated)

Impact reported that Jean-Luc Mélenchon contested live on television the comments made by Sébastien Lecornu regarding the violence that occurred during the mobilization on October 17. Mélenchon accused the government of being solely responsible and called on Emmanuel Macron to respond to social anger and the demands of young people. He rejected the idea of having to choose between looters and police, believing that the conflict was rather between a youth facing a deep crisis and a government that, according to him, allowed the situation to deteriorate before resorting to blind violence. He compared the methods used to those observed during the Yellow Vests movement and the repression in the Antilles. Mélenchon also argued that maintaining order required a professional technique rather than resorting to brutality. He cited May 1968, stating that a month of violence and car and business fires had resulted in no deaths, and referred to the republican morals of the police union leaders of the time. He concluded that the government was responsible for the disorder and that democracy should allow for managing social tensions through debate and the maintenance of tranquility. #Mélanchon #Gouvernement #Violences (translated)

Peasant Resistance indicated that farmers from the Rural Coordination mobilized early in the morning at the highway bridge in Givors, in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and that agricultural anger needed to be expressed there once again. https://t.co/soOVfb1mzE #Agriculture #Mobilisation #AuvergneRhôneAlpes (translated)

Didier Maïsto estimated that the resignation of Emmanuel Macron and the holding of early elections were the only measures likely to restore calm in France. He stated that the French no longer wanted the president or those who had participated in his governments, called to vote for him or had supported him during motions of censure, including those who were running again. According to him, the situation would continue to deteriorate and the executive could not hold on for six more months, lacking legitimacy; he added that every appearance of his representatives fueled the anger of the French people. #MacronDémission #ÉlectionsAnticipées #ColèreDesFrançais (translated)

to hear the anger and act on its causes, and to firmly uphold the republican order. In a speech Sunday evening in response to the violence that occurred the day before during the mobilization against the "high cost of living," Emmanuel Macron mentioned a "double responsibility" of the executive, which must "hear the anger and act on its causes, and firmly uphold the republican order." #ViolenceUrbaines #Indemnisation #ProtectionCommerçants (translated)