Posted on 07/07/2024 7:59:33 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Despite the far-left New Popular Front winning the second round of elections, riots broke out in France after leftist radicals had gathered in anticipation of a potential victory of Marine Le Pen’s populist National Rally.
Ahead of the second round of voting on Saturday, the government mobilised 30,000 police officers, including 5,000 in Paris, in expectation of riots from the far-left if the populist right repeated its success in the first round of the snap elections called by French President Macron.
Black bloc Antifa-style radicals were filmed setting fire to street furniture and bicycles, as well as shooting fireworks and other projectiles at police as they ran ruff shot through the French capital. Demonstrators were seen waving Palestinian and Antifa flags.
Protests and riots have also broken out in Rennes, Lyon, Marseilles and other cities across France, Le Figaro reports.
While the New Popular Front alliance between socialists, radical environmentalists, and outright communists won the most seats, currently being projected to have secured between 187 and 198 seats in the National Assembly, the far left still showed their violent edge, clashing with police in Paris and other cities on Sunday evening.
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It’s like watching the news reports of riots after the NBA championship with the sound off and trying to guess who won.
Are the French revolting? Yes they are.
What can you do with a spoiled Elite, Upper Class, Educated Socialist society who constantly cry and whine (wine) that their rights, privileges and freedoms are being taken away from them, poor diddums.
A life of Socialism accustoms one to constantly receive and be entitled to receive more and more.
These people rioted when they wanted to raise the retirement age by one year!
Now they are rioting for the fun of it and destruction. Just wait until the Muslims reach a population parity. Then, Paris will burn and the Left will wake up to be subjugated by the Muslims.
... also Mélenchon doesn’t rule the NFP. He and the commies have 83 seats out of the 182 NFP seats. The whole parliament has 577 seats in total.
Anglosphere commentary has been awful at this point. Journos and pundits are so lazy that they mouth off without bothering to learn anything.
French Wikipedia has detailed results. Google translate works.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lections_l%C3%A9gislatives_fran%C3%A7aises_de_2024
majority without teeth.
A loss because still not a controlling majority.
Anything short of total control is a loss to them.
…coming soon… to a town near you!..
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