Posted on 10/17/2026 6:19:40 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The French government has accused the far-left of stoking the riots that engulfed the nation on Saturday, resulting in widespread clashes with police, looting of shops, as well as vandalism and arson of government buildings.
What began last month as a small protest over teacher shortages at a school in the Créteil suburb of Paris has become a full-on national revolt, with various leftist unions and other organisations also taking to the streets in cities across the country on Saturday, with an estimated 550,000 demonstrators.
At a press conference in Paris, Minister of the Interior Laurent Nuñez said that unlike other protests, where rioters wait until the end of the event to turn violent, the violence on Saturday “started right from the beginning”, Le Figaro reported.
Nuñez specifically blamed the “radical left” for stoking the riots, saying that “groups of several hundred or thousands of rioters, clearly instigated by the far left, attacked the police,” leaving at least 60 officers injured. He said that around 400 people, mostly adults, have been arrested. However, the minister noted that “the day isn’t over yet.”
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[accused the Far-Left of stoking the riots]
They have Democrats in France?
And from Rodney, “Can’t we all just get along?”
Macron IS the far-left. In the words of Steve Martin, "I blame myself"
They have marxist and Islamist. Unfortunately, we are also infected so you all better get off your asses and vote!
so, Macron, end it by calling out the military and issue shoot-to-kill-on-sight orders for looters and arsonists: that’ll end it in a couple of minutes ...
OTH, keep doing what you’re doing now, go fetch your fiddle, and sit out on the porch and fiddle with it while you watch your country burn to the ground ...
(and vote!)
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Did not mean to capitalize Islamist. Wish there was edit.
It is the marxist-islamist alliance. Just like we have here in the USA. Just a few years behind. Get ready, you can see it coming.
Hey Macron, you wanted the vermin in your country now you are stuck with them
This fire thing has been going on for years...But this is really bad...and sad...
Limoges Town Hall ‘largely lost’ after far-left rioters set historic building on fire amid French unrest
There is no compromise with Islamists.
This is just the start.
They have branches of Antifa thugs rioting all over Europe, but combined with rioting muslims.
Sounds just like the US Islamocommie Party that usurped the dems via BHO.
Like I said, France needs LePen, but Macron will probably throw her in jail again if she runs……
He’s left but there are people much further left than he is, and there are outside interests at play as well, seeking destabilization of France itself.
“Macron, end it by calling out the military and issue shoot-to-kill-on-sight orders...”
Maybe he knows that a large percentage of the military in France (and the rest of Europe) is foreign born. They have no allegiance to their adopted country. Europe is screwed and they know it. This will not end well.
Macron WANTS THIS! He is fulfilling his role as the destroyer of France. What other explanation is there?
If white people were attacking illegal invaders...the military would be called in a second.
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