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Posted on 10/19/2026 3:42:46 AM PDT by Cronos
After riots erupted this weekend in cities across France, its centrist government blamed the main far-left party, accusing its politicians of inciting the violence. That party blamed the government, accusing it of stirring public anger through years of bad governance and heavy-handed policing.
What did the main far-right party do? It blamed both, and launched into campaign mode.
“We are paying for decades of being soft on crime, of weak authority, of the moral, psychological, and material disarmament of our internal security forces,” Jordan Bardella, the president of the far-right National Rally party, said after emerging from a police station in central Paris on Sunday. He said had gone there to support police officers.
Then he addressed France’s “honest citizens” who were stunned on Sunday by the smashed storefronts and burned-out businesses destroyed by rioters the night before. He said they had a vital role to play in reinstating national stability. And that would be by voting in the coming election for his party.
“People need to wake up now,” Mr. Bardella said. “They need to make the right political choices, and in any case, we stand ready to restore order in the country.”
Sunday was a day of mourning, shock and finger pointing in France. The day before, huge peaceful protests for better school conditions and against rising living costs were overshadowed by black-clad and often masked agitators of unclear affiliation who attacked government buildings and shops across the country, sometimes stealing wine or electronics.
For the National Rally, which bills itself as the party of law and order as well as an advocate for expelling unauthorized immigrants, Sunday was also a day of political opportunity. It is six months before a presidential election that the party’s candidate, Marine Le Pen, is the favorite to win.
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FAR right??? LOL!!!! At MOST, they are what Democrats were 50 years ago!!
According to the media and the idiot lefties, anything to the right of neo-communism is “far right.”
typical.
Commies and muslim immigrants start to dismantle western civilization and the media worries that western civilization will fight back.
Six months. That’s like socialized medicine’s response time for sepsis.
Ever notice how the media always labels leftist governments as “centrist “ while their leftist policies are destroying the country? Macron, like Merkel, has been a disaster for France, but they can’t seem to rid themselves of him. Puzzling.
Unbelievably, Catherine Porter is billed as a NYT international reporter, stationed in Paris.
The far right seized the moment but did they pounce on it ?
Arsonists and looters should be shot on site.
Sight not site. Sheesh.
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I guess “Far Right” now means “anyone with common sense”...
Site works.
Le Pen is on video saying muslims are ok but shariah law is not.
France is dead.
she’s playing politics - shes said that Islam ok, Islamist bad.
yet everyone knows Islamist = Islam.
She’ll change her words when she gets elected
“honest citizens” who were stunned on Sunday by the smashed storefronts and burned-out businesses destroyed by rioters the night before.”
Just think of it as a Kristalnacht against the French… which it is.
OMG, Macron has bugged out to go on a 3 day junket to the Middle East...
Be careful. Remember the video the BBC showed of Trump’s speech on January 6.
Look for a verbatim transcript of her remarks.
BTW, if that snippet you saw was from her interview the UK’s Financial Times, that may explain a lot.
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