After the victory, the controversies. Several left-wing elected officials denounced the “rattonies” of the extreme right on Thursday during the celebrations of the Blues’ qualification for the World Cup final on Wednesday night, and asked the Interior Minister to “sanction” them.
“They have told us in several places what beatings against fans of the Moroccan team could be,” lamented in the Public Senate the leader of the LFI group in the National Assembly, Mathilde Panot, “very concerned” to see them act “with total impunity”. of “extreme right-wing groups in our country”.
“National security is at stake”
Reactions of indignation have also multiplied on social networks. “Raids in several cities, armed far-right activists who wanted to do battle on the Champs-Élysées. (Gérald) Darmanin must quickly and resolutely attack far-right groups and punish those who are violent. National security is at stake. It is urgent!” He asked on Twitter his colleague, LFI deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis Nadège Abomangoli.
“Where there were fights, sometimes they were provoked by far-right activists,” denounced the national secretary of the PCF, Fabien Roussel, on BFMTV and RMC. He “welcomed security forces that were able to thwart” certain threats upstream.
“Solemn Alert”
Faced with this “impunity”, Europa Ecología Les Verts demands an “immediate, forceful and concrete reaction from the State and in particular from the Minister of the Interior: withdrawal of its material and logistical means, administrative closure of its establishments, dissolution and opening of an investigation to identify the culprits”, write in a press release the new head of the EELV Marine Tondelier and several elected Green Lyonnais, including the mayor Grégory Doucet.
In Paris, according to a police source, a group of 40 people close to the extreme right, who were preparing to join the Champs Elysées in Paris, were arrested during a control in the 17th arrondissement, in particular for “associating with a to commit acts of violence” and carry prohibited weapons.
In Lyon, shortly after the end of the match, “a group of far-right youths approached the fans gathered at Place Bellecour. There was a fight and the police quickly intervened to push the group back and follow them,” according to a prefectural source, who reported six arrests, including two among far-right activists.
Mathilde Panot had already launched “a solemn alert” on Tuesday after the “attacks” by “extreme right-wing groups” against Insoumis activists, asking the government to “take emergency measures.” “I arrested Mr. Darmanin, who said he was serious about it, so I’m waiting to see what will happen,” she said Thursday.
Source: BFM TV
