A member of the far-right National Rally (RN) and presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attributed responsibility for the protests to her campaign rival for the highest office and de facto leader of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon. (translated)
Bruno Retailleau from the center-right Republicans (LR) wants to ban LFI, which he claims is trying to organize a "rebellion" through blockades. (translated)
After a wave of violence in France, where nearly two thousand people were detained, the radical left-wing group La France Insoumise (LFI) is facing accusations of inciting urban violence, which has provoked a sharp political response and accusations from representatives of right-wing parties. (translated)
"I invite the government not to fall into conspiracy theories and the infantilization of high school students," replies the coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard, assuring that "this spontaneous movement was born out of exasperation in the face of absolutely undignified school conditions." (translated)
At the end of an emergency crisis summit convened at midday, the government of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu accused Jean-Luc Mélenchon's France Insoumise (LFI) of inciting urban violence. (translated)
You see, when the youth take action, they react. Well done LFI for supporting the students, and this is not over, now we must respond to all their demands. PS: Bardella is antisemitic. (translated)
Blocking of high schools: the intelligence services, which point to a responsibility "of LFI and its ultra-left proxies", are concerned about the turn of the movement, which is quickly spiraling into riots across the entire territory. (translated)
🔴🇫🇷 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗢 — The LFI mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, is mentioned in the complaint of a police officer: several of his colleagues claim to have seen him STRIKE her car during the blockade of the Paul-Éluard high school. The officer, who was in plain clothes on her way to work, found herself blocked and then surrounded by around thirty individuals who hit her vehicle, damaging a door and the bodywork. According to the police officers present, Bally Bagayoko allegedly himself struck the rear door of the vehicle. A video of the scene shows several individuals kicking the car, and then the mayor running behind it with other people. The police officer filed a complaint against X for "damage or deterioration of another's property committed in a group." An investigation is open and no suspects have been identified at this stage. (Source: Le Figaro) (translated)
The elements published in @Le_Figaro regarding the note from the territorial intelligence about the role of LFI in the genesis of the riots are damning. At the Ministry of the Interior, I have seen many comparable notes, but they concerned small groups. (translated)
"not to fall into conspiracy theories and the infantilization of high school students." Manuel Bompard, coordinator of LFI, immediately called on the government "not to fall into conspiracy theories and the infantilization of high school students." (translated)
"Immigration is not a cost, but rather a gain." (translated)
"Jean-Luc Mélenchon called for a form of insurrection" Blockage of high schools: "Jean-Luc Mélenchon called for a form of insurrection" according to Aurore Bergé (translated)
"Our society is devouring its children and grandchildren," according to Rayan Nezzar, professor of public finance. (translated)
"I have always thought that this story of de-demonization is nonsense," reacts Bernard-Henri Lévy, after anti-Semitic writings attributed to Jordan Bardella. (translated)
"This spontaneous movement was born from exasperation at absolutely undignified educational conditions (...) It is time for the Prime Minister to stop playing the strategy of decay and provocation." In response, Manuel Bompard, national coordinator of LFI, questioned by AFP, immediately called on the government "not to fall into conspiracy theories and the infantilization of high school students." (translated)
Matignon described the blockades of high schools as a maneuver organized by LFI and its extreme left proxies, while Manuel Bompard called on the government not to fall into conspiracy theories and to acknowledge the exasperation of high school students in the face of unacceptable educational conditions. (translated)
The government accuses La France Insoumise and its radical left allies of being responsible for the blockades in high schools, while students are demanding more resources for their learning, causing tensions in several cities. (translated)
The L'USL refuted the claim that LFI was behind the high school movement, denouncing an attempt at infantilization by the government and asserting that the blocking of high schools is a maneuver by the far left. (translated)
The French executive considers that the blockade movement in high schools has evolved into urban violence and characterizes it as a maneuver organized by LFI and its ultra-left proxies, leading to measures to protect schools. (translated)
"The technique of LFI is amalgamation, it is generalization." Police violence: "The technique of LFI is amalgamation, it is generalization," believes Bruno Retailleau, LR candidate for the presidential election. (translated)
