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AuBonTouiteFrançais denounced what he described as a caricature of democracy. He claimed that Nunez had submitted his resignation knowing that Macron would refuse it, and he believed that the country was collapsing while its leaders despised the population. He called for all the officials to leave. https://t.co/KVVEWBxxmq #Démocratie #Politique #France (translated)

After the violence that occurred on October 17, several mayors of Ille-et-Vilaine are calling for a gathering in front of town halls on October 19 to express their solidarity and defend democratic values, without flag, mask, or hood. #Manifestation #IlleetVilaine #Democratie (translated)

Marine Tondelier wrote that, the day before and the day before that, Macron, Nuñez, and Lecornu had attributed the rioters to the far-left. She indicated that at 8:05 a.m., the prosecutor of Paris had said she could not confirm this affiliation, before Gérald Darmanin revisited the hypothesis at 8:40 a.m. Tondelier condemned the tendency of some political leaders to make categorical statements without evidence, believing that it was a democratic issue. #France #Politique #Démocratie (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)

Renaud Pila wrote that the coming weeks and months put French democracy and its foundations at stake. He warned that if the state could no longer ensure republican order, the temptation of self-defense could arise, followed by that of an authoritarian regime. #Démocratie #République #Politique (translated)

Elly Schlein will remain secretary of the Democratic Party until the next political elections in 2027 thanks to a change in the statute that allows for the postponement of the election of the secretary in the event of overlap with national elections. #Elezioni #EllySchlein #PartitoDemocratico (translated)

Confirmation of the Washington-Moscow axis in their joint propaganda against the social movement in France, targeting immigration and Muslims. The adversary of our democratic ideals of equality is indeed a two-headed hydra, Trump and Putin. www.lemonde.fr/internationa... (translated)

PCIJ qualified the situation as a democratic setback and stated that the Platform had reported to Europe the political attacks against Spanish justice. It held that the coordinated action of the Ombudsman and the Constitutional Court regarding the Grandchildren's Law had been "the straw that broke the camel's back" and called for the initiative to be spread. https://t.co/IDH4MFKptp #Democracia #Justicia #España (translated)

In return, the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, denounced "a deep crisis of trust and authority that poses a threat to democracy," while the leader of the France Unbowed party, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, accused the head of state of playing the "waiting game." #Macron #Manifestations #Violences (translated)

In return, the leader of the National Rally, Marine Le Pen, denounced "a deep crisis of confidence and authority, which poses a threat to democracy," while the leader of the rebellious faction, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, accused the head of state of playing the "deterioration." #Macron #Manifestations #Violences (translated)

The approval ratings for Macron have never been this low. His electoral power rests on a very narrow base of wealthy French people and university-educated individuals from the upper middle class. He lost the parliamentary elections two years ago, but due to the way French democracy works, a president can simply remain in power, even if a majority of left- and right-wing French people reject his policies. The political support for Macron has only become narrower in recent years – and the sense of powerlessness among the French has grown even greater, notes French economist Bruno Amable, author of the book L’Illusion du bloc bourgeois (2017). #Frankrijk #protesten #geweld (translated)