The urban violence shaking the country reveals the weakness of the executive. It has brutally subdued the Gilets jaunes and opponents of retirement at 62, but it is tetanized by the savage hordes destroying town halls, setting fire to vehicles and looting stores.
Viewpoint. The town of Yutz (17,000 inhabitants) in Moselle, France, was not spared by the rioters: McDonald’s burned down, the car garage ransacked, cars and garbage cans burned! How did it come to this, asks Bernard Aubin?
40,000 gendarmes and police officers, the RAID, the BRI and the GIGN were unable to prevent rioters from ransacking numerous French towns for the third night running. The executive has reached an impasse.
Third day of violence after the death of a 17-year-old boy, killed by a police shot after refusing to obey.
Violent confrontations opposed demonstrators and police forces this Saturday afternoon. The toll is heavy: 24 gendarmes were injured as well as about thirty opponents to the highly contested mega-pond project. Several vehicles were set on fire.
London approved the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison for “conspiring” against American interests. This decision is a serious breach of the freedom to inform and be informed.
The new law enforcement vehicles are starting to equip the gendarmerie. With a 30-shot grenade launcher system, a long-range camera and other gadgets, these armored vehicles are impressive. And worrying !
Saturday, big fight at the gates of the stadium of France, in Paris. Sunday, a fight at the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium in Saint-Etienne. But what does the police do?
Utopia 56, a migrant aid association, is setting up tents in the middle of Paris alongside thirty or so young people living on the streets to force the government to create a housing facility for young migrants.
Hundreds of demonstrators protested in several towns in Chad to denounce Paris’ support for Mahama Idriss Déby Itno and the ruling junta in N’Djamena.
Ten days after the attack on Yvan Colonna by a radicalized fellow prisoner in Arles, demonstrations continued in Corsica. The scuffles have left 38 people injured, 24 of them among the police. Provisional figures.
Did the U.S. Army fund labs to produce biological weapons in Ukraine? Yes, confirms Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland. China is concerned.
