French Interior Minister Meets Police Unions To Calm Growing Protests
The minister of the interior chose to resolutely back the forces of law and order and highlighted the massive support they continue to receive from the French people.
The minister of the interior chose to resolutely back the forces of law and order and highlighted the massive support they continue to receive from the French people.
The movement, which started in Marseille, is now spreading across the country. “It’s not a movement of anger but rather one of disgust,” a member of an influential police union explains.
Belgian authorities confirmed to The European Conservative that they conducted raids on properties connected to Maria Arena after the Belgian socialist MEP resigned from her post on Parliament’s human rights committee.
The chair of an iconic British retailer said she has “lost count” of the number of times affected branches have been told the police will not respond to thefts.
After six nights of rioting, it would appear that the movement is ebbing slightly. But this apparent return to calm should in no way be seen as a victory because, as in 2005, the fundamental problem still remains.
Rioting in Lille has been a surprisingly multiracial affair as white ultra-left radicals capitalised on the chaos on the streets to pursue a vendetta against the Macronist state while nationalists sit in wait.
Generalised civil discord has seen hundreds of arrests and hundreds of injured police officers.
The altercation will likely strain already poor relations between Serbia and the breakaway region after weeks of violence over the installation of Albanian mayors in Serbian regions in Kosovo.
While the French government had not yet called a state of emergency on Thursday night, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said “the state’s response will be extremely firm.”
Two town halls were set ablaze in the second night of race riots, while the country’s politically powerful police unions have turned against the Élysée Palace, saying their officers are being turned into scapegoats.