
Far Left in French Town Halls: Is Civil War Looming?
The election of far-left mayors is fuelling a climate of violence.

The election of far-left mayors is fuelling a climate of violence.

At the foot of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the necropolis of the kings of France since Merovingian times, the descendants of the subjects of Their Majesties the Most Christian Kings are becoming increasingly rare.

The French press has covered this affair but hasn’t dared to tackle head-on the question of the origin of the people making the threats and insults. Why are these kinds of attacks happening in Saint-Denis?

The reality that emerges from observers on the ground is that the Stade de France was the prey of a sort of ‘razzia,’ the responsibility for which falls largely on the hordes of people from the suburbs—and of immigrant origin.