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Pierre Sautarel recalled that at the time of the Adama Traoré case, Emmanuel Macron had asked Nicole Belloubet to examine the file, while the Minister of Justice had offered to meet with the family. He also wrote that Christophe Castaner had announced measures against certain police practices and had expressed his willingness to take a knee to fight against racism. According to Sautarel, six years later, the same officials were insisting on order, authority, and repression. He believed that the extreme center could defend contradictory positions. #AdamaTraoré #Justice #Racisme (translated)

The Agence France-Presse reported that access to the Louvre was blocked on Monday morning by students, mobilized in support of the high school movement and to denounce the actions of the police. The agency stated that it had gathered this information from the museum's management and two unions. https://t.co/0MjSxqdJQz #Louvre #Soutien #Protestation (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)

Louis Boyard harshly criticized Emmanuel Macron's speech, which he described as a lack of respect towards young people. He believed that the youth could not accept mobilizing for three weeks to receive, in his opinion, eight minutes without a concrete response. The deputy called on the president to end his strategy of delay and repression, and to respond quickly to the demands of the youth. He mentioned price caps, a raise in salaries, and 10 billion euros for the youth, as well as decent living, working, and studying conditions. He deemed it irresponsible to postpone these measures or to defer them to a new consultation. #Jeunesse #Mobilisation #Respect (translated)

Raphaël Arnault wrote that the President of the Republic had remained silent while high school students had been making demands for weeks. According to him, he only spoke after a widespread crackdown and in an explosive context. He compared the situation to that of the Yellow Vests and accused those involved of legitimizing the turmoil. #République #Répression #GiletsJaunes (translated)

The documentary filmmaker Mina Akbari, awarded at the Middle East Now festival for her film Women of Revolution, highlights the crucial role of Iranian women as forces of change and describes the difficult situation in Iran, marked by a lack of hope, inflation, and repression, while the threat of a war with Trump's United States looms over the country. #Iran #DonneDiRevoluzione #ProtesteIraniane (translated)

Ilan Gabet wrote that Mélenchon denounced on LCI the government's strategy which, according to him, consists of allowing the situation to deteriorate. He stated that the government has been disregarding the anger of high school students for weeks and only responds with repression. He questioned how he could have believed that this anger would not spread to all those who, in his view, have been suffering from Macronist policies for the past 10 years. #Mélenchon #Gouvernement #Colère (translated)

Antoine Léaument stated that Jean-Luc Mélenchon rightly reminded on LCI that the political crisis did not start on that day. He mentioned several days of student mobilization, which the government, according to him, only responded to with repression, and criticized it for doing nothing about the cost of living or the state of education. #Politique #Éducation #Mobilisation (translated)

The post portrayed Russia under Vladimir Putin as a refuge for disgraced authoritarian leaders and their families, describing Putin as repressive and expansionist. It also claimed that Bashar al-Assad had been overthrown in Syria and sheltered in Russia. https://t.co/k1HaQCvZOB #Putin #Russia #Authoritarianism #RU #SY

Press Briefs stated that, for a month, the authorities have been trying to stifle dissent through contempt and repression. After a mobilization it described as massive and marked by chaotic scenes, it would seek, according to the account, to place the blame for the outbreak on LFI, to the benefit of RN. https://t.co/x5SHVj4aIh https://t.co/vWAoutJOHh #France #politique #mobilisation (translated)

The author stated that the government has been trying for a month to stifle the protest through contempt, repression, and discredit. He believed that after a massive mobilization marked by scenes of chaos, the government was on the brink and caught up by its incompetence, before shifting the responsibility onto LFI. https://t.co/Azoertre2n #Résistance #Politique #France #FR (translated)

Fdesouche.com, a news magazine, reported that while riots were shaking France, Emmanuel Macron chose to publish a statement condemning the police repression, 65 years earlier, of a prohibited demonstration organized by the Algerian FLN. https://t.co/XsVICgJmq0 https://t.co/8Y5Eadffmo #France #Macron #émeutes (translated)

Hadrien Clouet mentioned a "republican eye-gouging" and claimed that Lecornu represented a threat to both the protesters and the police. He accused the latter of wanting to set them against each other in order to provoke scenes of violence and justify repression. #Répression #Manifestation #Violence (translated)

Didier Maïsto believed that the police unions bore a heavy responsibility. He criticized them for defending police misconduct on television and for supporting Emmanuel Macron and his governments. According to him, during the Yellow Vests movement, the unions should have called on the police to lower their shields and not to strike people who were struggling to make a living from their work. Maïsto also stated that repression did not solve political problems and that the police had, in turn, become victims of the executive. He called on their unions to defend them by refusing to provide coverage for the protests, believing that this decision would hasten the end of "Macronism" and gain the support of the people. #Syndicats #Police #GiletsJaunes (translated)