Alemania lleva años viendo cómo merman las inversiones privadas en el país, algo que no puede compensar de manera sostenible con un aumento de las inversiones públicas como está haciendo actualmente el Gobierno alemán. La inestabilidad económica y política de los últimos tiempos parece haber pasado factura a la imagen del país como centro económico y de inversión. Ahora, el canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, quiere ponerle remedio y ha organizado, por primera vez, una cumbre de inversores de alto nivel con el objetivo de atraer más capital al país. Alemania necesita la inversión privada si quiere modernizarse, crear empleo y generar prosperidad.
The title of that 1960s movie came from a message Adolf Hitler sent to his commanding general in Paris in August 1944. He wanted Paris to burn if he couldn’t keep it.
Today, the call isn’t coming from the Führerbunker; it’s from inside the house. It’s not Nazis, but the French — and quasi-French — burning Paris and other French cities.
The Louvre museum in Paris, home to the Mona Lisa, closed Monday "due to a student social movement." That’s one way to describe the utter chaos overtaking French cities.
In Limoges, rioters set fire to the town hall, destroying its iconic tower. In Marseille, they broke into city hall and vandalized the interior. In Paris, a video circulating online appeared to show young thugs shouting, "Wallah! Kill her!" and "Dirty whore!" [my translation] at a policewoman they chased and threw to the ground — all while trashing property and assaulting people on the streets.
What’s happening in France is both familiar and new. It’s familiar in that mass protests are endemic to France. They happen every few years when a feckless government tries to balance the books by reforming France’s ruinously generous public benefits. What’s new is the addition of foreign influence and the scale of the violence.
The high-schoolers who kicked off this round of protests are angry about class sizes, dilapidated schools, and access to college. Retirees who joined them say state pensions aren’t enough to live on. Everyone complains about the high cost of living. They all want more state spending to cure their ills.
French protests often turn violent. Torched cars, vandalized property, and looting are common. What has added fuel to the fire this time is the "Casseurs" (breakers), looters, and violent thugs going beyond what was tacitly tolerated in the past. Many seem to be of migrant background, and some carry Palestinian flags or those of the North African countries they or their parents came from.
Videos in French media showed streets of looted stores. Rue Paradis in Marseille has many high-end jewelry and fashion stores, but also many mom-and-pop shops whose owners work long hours for little profit. Dozens of these are now looted shells. Their metal shutters — designed to prevent windows from being broken and stores from being burglarized — lie torn off or broken.
Many of France’s major cities are run by socialists. Marseille’s mayor, Benoit Payan, blames the French government for failing to protect city hall — where his own office is — and local stores. He wants Paris to pay for all the damage. Once again, the French taxpayer is on the hook.
How does this end? Not quickly. The political left is well organized, galvanized, and funded — including with foreign money. We are likely to see more promises of increased spending from lame-duck President Emmanuel Macron, now in the last year of his two terms and unable to run again. He gave a speech condemning the violence on Sunday, but he’s been notably absent as it has unfolded. On Tuesday he stuck with his schedule and flew to the Gulf region.
France has presidential elections next April. Two leading contenders are Marine Le Pen of the right-wing National Rally (NR) and Jean-Luc Melenchon of the left-wing France Unbowed (LFI). Of the two, Le Pen promises to lower migration and limit welfare payments to migrants. Melenchon welcomes mass migration and opposes any reduction in benefits. Le Pen opposes illegal migration, but she hasn’t campaigned on reducing the bloated benefits bill.
But France’s checkbook is tapped out. It hasn’t balanced a budget in 50 years, and this year’s deficit is over 5%. Economic growth is under 1%. Diesel costs about $10 a gallon. National debt is 120% of GDP, and the bond market is getting nervous.
Like other developed countries, France’s fertility rate is below replacement, and the country has allowed in millions of immigrants from its former colonies. On balance, these new arrivals and their children have a lower employment rate than native French, but they get the same social services. Those numbers don’t work, no matter how smart the president in Paris.
Not only is France broke, but it has too few bodies to handle multiple riots at once. France’s national police handle the cities, while the gendarmes enforce the law in the countryside. Both are funded centrally by the French state. Towns have municipal police, but they aren’t equipped or trained for law enforcement, let alone riot control. France has specialized riot-control units, but only so many. The French military is probably Europe’s best, but it is not used for internal operations.
Like France, some of our major cities, New York and Seattle, are now run by avowed socialists. Arguably, administrations in Boston and Los Angeles are also closely aligned with DSA values. And more cities will be in the future.
The DSA wants open borders, nationalized health care, curtailed law enforcement, and higher taxes. If we don’t take heed, France’s present could be our future.
Francia está asediada por las protestas y el vandalismo desatado tras las manifestaciones de las últimas semanas. Unas 800.000 personas salieron en unas 110 marchas a la calle el sábado. Después llegaron los saqueos y los incendios. Murió una persona, y los ayuntamientos de Limoges, Marsella y Lille sufrieron gravísimos daños. Hay más de 2.000 detenidos, y las grandes ciudades de Francia decretaron toques de queda por las noches. El Ejecutivo ha admitido haber perdido el control de la situación, el ministro del Interior presentó su dimisión, aunque fue rechazada por el presidente de la República, Emmanuel Macron. Pero antes de que se apagaran los primeros incendios, la clase política ya tenía un culpable: Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
FIRST ON FOX: The State Department warns that antifascist groups are planning to participate in a "potentially more confrontational protest" this weekend as the far-right National Rally holds its political convention just days after widespread riots overwhelmed police and exposed major security failures.
As party leader Marine Le Pen prepares for the gathering on Oct. 24–25 in Orléans, France, an internal document obtained by Fox News Digital cautions that antagonists are planning more demonstrations near the convention venue that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions."
The warning comes at a particularly dangerous political moment for President Emmanuel Macron, considering the same unrest that exposed his government's security vulnerabilities could also give National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge his record, according to the State Department assessment.
Now, French authorities face another high-stakes security test as demonstrators prepare to converge on the congress of a party that could benefit politically from the previous unrest.
The demonstrations are expected to coincide with the National Rally's two-day party congress, where Le Pen is set to launch her presidential campaign. Left-wing parties, unions and activist groups are planning a march Saturday, while antifascist groups have announced plans for a separate protest Sunday near the convention venue, according to the State Department assessment.
National Rally President Jordan Bardella has ruled out canceling the congress, while local authorities are preparing additional security restrictions around the gathering.
The looming confrontation comes as France is still reeling from the Oct. 17 unrest, when authorities badly underestimated the scale of demonstrations that descended into widespread rioting and looting.
Some 550,000 people joined 110 marches nationwide, according to France's Interior Ministry. More than 2,400 people were arrested, nearly 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters were injured and thousands of businesses were damaged. And intelligence failures that far underestimated the turnout left authorities overwhelmed and facing more than double the number of protesters originally estimated.
The State Department's internal assessment notes that the violence has reshaped France's political debate just six months before voters choose Macron's successor. It says the unrest has shifted attention away from the economic and education grievances that initially drove the protests and toward public security and government accountability, potentially giving National Rally and center-right parties an opening to challenge Macron's record.
French officials have acknowledged that intelligence and planning failures contributed to authorities being overwhelmed during the Oct. 17 unrest.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation after acknowledging police "lost control" in some major cities. Macron rejected it, citing the need for continuity in law enforcement command, and ordered "full transparency" over the failures in planning and intelligence-gathering that preceded the violence.
Nuñez has said authorities need to improve their ability to anticipate large-scale mobilizations, putting added pressure on security services to avoid a repeat when demonstrators converge on Orléans this weekend.
And the government may have little time to recover even if the National Rally congress passes without major violence.
Labor organizations are already mobilizing for nationwide strikes and demonstrations Nov. 5 over wages, public services and the proposed 2027 budget, according to the State Department document.
The internal assessment said Macron faces competing pressure to restore order while addressing the grievances fueling the protests, with limited fiscal room for concessions as parliament debates next year's budget.
With parliamentary scrutiny looming and further demonstrations already planned, the State Department assessed that France faces another potential flash point that could "expose further security shortcomings and deepen political tensions."
EXCLUSIVE: The top House Republican overseeing Europe policy is blaming the riots roiling French cities on mass migration, and warning the U.S. could soon follow suit.
Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital that he was not surprised by the violent demonstrations across France — and moreover, argued they were a long time coming.
"They've been allowing this to happen for years and years, so they are reaping what they sowed," Self said. "We're also trying to get a handle on our mass migration consequences, just like France should have done years ago. That's why I say this is a lesson to America. We are watching the future of America in France and the U.K., frankly."
Self is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Europe in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He is also a co-founder alongside Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, of the Sharia-Free America Caucus.
Democrats have criticized the group as Islamophobic, and it's been condemned by groups like the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations.
But Self doubled down on his beliefs, suggesting France's growing Muslim population is at least partially responsible for the riots.
"They've got, what, 7% now are Muslims in France? And, you know, when you reach that percentage — and very concentrated in some large cities — that gives you the tipping point that everybody talks about," he argued.
He said later: "This is what you get when you think that everyone is culturally and morally equivalent. They're not. And at some point, you have got to make the decision: Are we going to defend a Christian heritage in France, or are we not?"
It comes after multiple days of violent protests and riots across France that have seen stores looted and centuries-old buildings burned and desecrated.
France's secular centrist government has blamed far-left groups for exacerbating tension over high living costs and expensive education, among other issues.
Self argued France was in an open "civil war" and said its military should step in, but was pessimistic that it would.
"There's too much destruction now, so we'll see if they've got the gumption to send in the military. But if they don't, then they're very close to losing their culture in the large cities," he said.
Asked if the turmoil should force French President Emmanuel Macron to step down, Self said, "That's up to Macron. I think it would probably be beneficial to France."
But he maintained the chaos should not turn into a backlash against the U.S.-France relationship — in fact, Self said, the U.S. ought to help France with intelligence-gathering about the protests.
"I think we probably ought to offer them what help we could, facial identification, whatever," Self said, clarifying that he did not mean sending Americans in person. "France is still a very important, very large ally and partner. So we need to do what we can, understanding that, you know, President Trump has tried to get them to step up and do more. But this is not the time to abandon France."
More than 500,000 people took to the streets in various cities and towns across France this weekend. French authorities said 1,800 people were arrested nationwide, with over 800 of those arrested in the capital city of Paris alone.
In addition to photos and videos of French heritage sites in flames, images showing some protesters carrying Algerian, Palestinian and Moroccan flags have led figures on the right to blame France's immigration policies.
"Colère et honte", reza el titular de Le Figaro tras el fin de semana más violento en Francia en décadas. La ira de los que ya no se sienten representados por el Parlamento y solo ven la protesta en la calle como vía para expresar su malestar. La vergüenza de quienes hacen balance de los daños y aún dan gracias por que no hubo víctimas. La oleada de manifestaciones ha recorrido este fin de semana varios países de Europa: desde Francia a Bélgica, Italia, y también Albania. En Portugal y España también hay plantes para denunciar la imposibilidad de acceso a la vivienda. Este sombrío panorama lo aprovechan grupos como Black Block, la ultraizquierda más radical, y los delincuentes, algunos vinculados a las mafias de la droga y otros a la marginalidad. Mientras tanto, se frotan las manos Donald Trump y Vladimir Putin.
En Francia, el presidente Macron ha salido este lunes de viaje a los países del Golfo, a pesar de caos que se vivió el fin de semana. Dio su mensaje a la nación el domingo por la noche y luego rechazó la dimisión del ministro del Interior, Laurent Núñez, a quien reprocha no haber previsto el alcance de las movilizaciones, ni la infiltración de elementos peligrosos. En su alocución, Macron acusó a grupúsculos de ultraizquierda de los disturbios violentos, que se saldaron con más de 2.300 detenidos y casi mil gendarmes y policías heridos.
Tras una reunión con el gabinete este lunes, el primer ministro, Sébastian Lecornu, anunció que se aplicarían toques de queda "parciales y localizados". Se han implantado en París, Marsella, Lyon... Son las primeras medidas junto con el refuerzo de la seguridad con vistas a las protestas convocadas para el próximo sábado 24 de octubre.
De la protesta pacífica al vandalismo
Para evitar que se repita lo sucedido el pasado sábado las autoridades francesas han de repasar a fondo qué pasó en esa jornada aciaga. Durante gran parte del día estudiantes, sindicalistas, agricultores, a los que se unieron los chalecos amarillos, se manifestaron pacíficamente. A medida que avanzó la tarde pasaron a primer plano los llamados Black Bloc, es decir, anarquistas y simpatizantes de la izquierda radical. Enmascarados y vestidos de negro, no llevaban pancartas ni planteaban reivindicaciones. Se movían en pequeños grupos, coordinando a la perfección sus acciones a través de las redes sociales. Esa es una clave a la que tendrán que estar más atentos. El objetivo: llegar a los centros de las ciudades y atacar los símbolos del poder.
En París, cuando no se topaban con unidades policiales bien equipadas en la Avenue de l’Opéra, intentaban asaltar la zona de la Asamblea Nacional, más al sur. O los alrededores del Panteón, al otro lado del Sena. Las fachadas de los hermosos edificios haussmanianos quedaron cubiertas de señales de su presencia. Por un lado, la "A" dentro de un círculo, símbolo de los anarquistas. Por otro, el acrónimo ACAB (Alle Cops Are Bastards, todos los polis son unos cabrones). También usan los números que corresponden a esas letras en el alfabeto: 1-3-1-2.
Los agentes perdieron rápidamente la orientación. No podían estar en todas partes. Unos días antes, debido a que uno de los manifestantes había resultado herido, se les había prohibido el uso de granadas de aturdimiento. No tenían suficiente munición. En general, eran muy pocos. Los alcaldes se han quejado por no contar con suficientes efectivos.
Al caer la noche los Black Bloc ya no estaban solos. Grupos de simples delincuentes observaban cómo se desarrollaban los acontecimientos. Y cuando comprobaban que la policía había perdido el control de alguna calle o barrio, comenzaba el saqueo descarado. Así, ese fin de semana, miles de tiendas y restaurantes fueron víctimas de los ladrones, a menudo todo el patrimonio de una vida de pequeños empresarios. Unos 2.000 comercios en todo el país. Los daños se elevan a cientos de millones de euros. Pero para los ladrones, el botín más valioso eran las tiendas de joyería cara, perfumes de lujo, equipamiento deportivo profesional y teléfonos móviles. Todo aquello que es fácil de vender y por lo que se puede obtener mucho dinero. Este lunes ya aparecían muchos de estos objetos anunciados en diversas plataformas.
Influencers y blogueros apoyados desde el exterior
Fédéric Martel en Radio France también apuntaba que, "según fuentes policiales y de inteligencia territorial, la movilización de los alborotadores también ha sido provocada, acentuada, acelerada o instrumentalizada por influencers y blogueros apoyados o impulsados por potencias extranjeras como Irán, Argelia y Rusia".
En ese sentido, llama la atención con qué atención siguieron en el Kremlin las protestas en Francia. Rybar, una plataforma de propaganda rusa, divulgó un mapa de Europa en el que analizaba la "estación caliente", marcada por diferentes crisis nacionales. Este escenario de caos en Europa le interesa al Kremlin. También Trump apuntó que en el caso francés todo tiene que ver con la inmigración.
Otros recuerdan que solo el papel de la mafia de la DZ puede explicar el carácter increíblemente organizado y extremadamente violento de las manifestaciones. Lo que más desconcierta es cómo el Estado francés fue incapaz de reaccionar porque nadie predijo el asalto.
Italia, esquema similar
El mismo esquema se repitió en la marcha del sábado en Milán, convocada para protestar contra el aumento del coste de la vida. Comenzó de forma pacífica, pero terminó con alborotadores enmascarados lanzando piedras, adoquines y otros objetos contra la policía antidisturbios e incendiando barricadas construidas con mesas de bar. La policía utilizó cañones de agua y gases lacrimógenos para dispersar a la multitud.
En línea con Macron, la primera ministra de Italia, Giorgia Meloni, dijo que, si bien manifestarse es un derecho, "incendiar nuestras ciudades no lo es". En una publicación en las redes sociales, señaló que los "vándalos" habían aprovechado las protestas "para sembrar el caos, atacar a los responsables de garantizar la seguridad y tomar como rehenes a ciudades enteras". El Ministerio del Interior ha decidido enviar a 500 soldados a Milán para vigilar las calles en los próximos días.
Albania, contra el primer ministro
En Albania, el malestar con el gobierno cristalizó en mayo por el permiso dado al yerno de Trump, Jared Kushner, para construir un proyecto turístico de lujo en un humedal protegido. Es la revolución de los flamencos.
Pero en las última semanas son los estudiantes los que han salido a las calles por el costo de los estudios y el deterioro de los centros escolares, a la vez que denuncian la corrupción del gobierno de Edi Rama. Ahora no se conforman con menos que la dimisión de Rama. Han pasado de manifestarse pacíficamente a quemar edificios gubernamentales. El domingo provocaron un incendio en el Tribunal Supremo.
Cultura del motín
¿Cómo se explica esta violencia desaforada? El politólogo Jérôme Fourquet explica en Le Parisien que se ha instalado "una cultura del motín" en el país. Diferencia dos tipos de alborotadores: los cuasi profesionales, militantes de la ultraizquierda a menudo procedentes del movimiento Black Bloc; y los vándalos, mucho más numerosos, que asisten porque ven la oportunidad de sembrar el caos.
"La calle se convierte en un gigantesco desahogo pulsional, donde la rabia se expresa, pero de manera festiva y lúdica. Para los participantes, estos motines tienen un carácter placentero y totalmente transgresor, ilustrado por la expresión muy común: ¡Vamos a joderlo todo! Se viene a buscar la adrenalina, la gran emoción y la manifestación de su omnipotencia, todo ello por un riesgo mínimo. Porque hay pocas probabilidades de ser detenido y aún menos de recibir una condena severa después. [...] Es un verdadero tema de civilización y es vertiginoso".
La rabia es el elemento que tienen en común. Y el hartazgo con una clase política con la que no se sienten representados, salvo excepciones. La Francia Insumisa de Mélenchon en Francia intenta instrumentalizar esta contestación, aunque en última instancia tendría que justificar la violencia y eso es un bumerán para cualquiera que quiera llegar al poder. La pregunta es si realmente quiere Mélenchon, o su razón de ser es la revolución por la revolución.
The political theater of "Chaos Inc." is preparing for a "rebellion...sweeping Europe."
Two days after an estimated 500,000 demonstrators poured into streets across France and clashes left parts of Paris and other cities burning, French activists are calling supporters back into the streets Saturday, Oct. 24, for a new protest billed as "Acte II," with 212 "mobilizations" currently planned, according to a digital map of the plans.
And a growing number of communist, socialist and hard-leftist organizations are answering another call for a coordinated European youth strike on Friday, Nov. 20.
A Fox News Digital investigation has now identified 101 organizations across 9 countries – including the U.S. – that are coordinating, organizing or amplifying protests in Europe in an expanding protest ecosystem, up from 54 organizations identified on Monday.
Most of the groups are adult-led, with just 33 organizations – or one in three – led by students or youth. They represent a nexus of the "red-green" alliance, merging Islamist organizations that are symbolized by the color green, and far-left, communist and socialist groups represented by the color red.
The network also include groups that proudly use the "Antifa" moniker, like "Action AntiFa16," an organization that describes itself in the Angoulême, France, Acte II announcement.
Across the Atlantic, leaders in the U.S. franchise of "Chaos Inc." are amplifying the protests. University of California at Berkeley academic Hatem Bazian, founder of anti-Israel Palestinian organizations including Students for Justice in Palestine and American Muslims for Palestine, shared videos from the protests.
Revealing the complex threads of the "red-green" alliance, Bazian drew connections between this year's Oct. 17 riots in Paris, explosions at the Al Alhi Hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17, 2023, and protests on Oct. 17, 1961, in Paris by Algerian demonstrators , which led to a bloody and deadly confrontation with police. Hamas officials blamed Israel for the hospital deaths, while Israel attributed the blast to a failed, errant rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Bazian didn't respond to a request for comment.
The European unrest is also receiving sympathetic amplification from a network of pro-communist organizations, including BreakThrough News, CodePink and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, funded and supported by Neville Roy Singham, an American-born tech tycoon who lives in Shanghai and has expressed support for "new world order" of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
On Tuesday afternoon, BreakThrough News is planning an online discussion with a headline that captures how the outlet is framing the unrest: "Europe's Youth Uprising."
"A rebellion is sweeping Europe," BreakThrough News declares.
"From student barricades in France, to Spain's housing encampments, to Albanians marching to save their coastline from Jared Kushner, Gen Z is rising up against austerity, soaring rents, and governments pouring money into weapons and war instead of their future," the outlet said.
BreakThrough News said protests had spread "from Paris and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana" and announced that France-based journalist Rafael Karoubi would join hosts Rania Khalek and Zoe Alexandra to explain "what's driving the uprising."
In France, organizers are using the website 17octobregiletjaune.net to organize logistics, communication and people for their protests. The domain was registered on Sept. 15 by an anonymous user, according to online records. In the face of curfews and security measures against their protests by French President Emmanuel Macron, website organizers have a new demand: "Macron must leave and make way for the people!"
Leaders are coordinating their efforts in a Telegram messaging channel, where they are sharing logistical details and polished, ready-made graphics.
After "Acte II," they have planned another action on Oct. 31, "Acte III," featuring "yellow vests, demonstrations and roundabouts, all over France," and there are other actions planned on Nov. 5 and Nov. 14.
There are activities even listed for April 3, 2027, ("Noisy spring") and May 29, 2027, ("Day against agrochemistry"). The locations listed: "Everywhere in France."
For the Nov. 20 action, another set of far-left groups are promoting their "International Youth Strike" on a website, calling for coordinated "demonstrations," "walkouts," "assemblies," "actions," "blockades and occupations."
Their manifesto declares that "the exploitation of workers, climate breakdown and war are not failures of the system but the essence of capitalism." In a press release, it says the struggle against "militarisation, rearmament, austerity and imperialism" is inseparable from the economic system supporting it and calls for "radical system change."
The British organization "Socialist Students," which describes itself as building the student fightback for "socialist change," says it will participate in the Nov. 20 strike, "in coordination with 30 other European youth and student groups.
A Socialist Students appeal urges young people to join "a movement for socialist change," while another campaign statement declares: "Our fight for socialism is based on Marxism" and argues that "workers and young people must actively fight and organise."
Peuple RÉVOLTÉ – People in Revolt — PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Organization helping operate the "Acte II" platform.
Maintenant! – Now! — PROTEST MOVEMENT: Civic movement participating in the "Acte II" platform.
Indignons-nous, Bloquons tout – Let’s Get Indignant, Block Everything — DIRECT ACTION: Protest collective promoting "Acte II."
Coordination nationale lycéenne – National High School Students’ Coordination — STUDENT/YOUTH: New national high-school coordination calling students into the streets Oct. 24 for "Acte II."
Angoulême, France
NPA Charente – New Anticapitalist Party–Charente (NPA 16) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local NPA chapter mobilizing for Acte II.
Action Antifasciste 16 — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on the Angoulême Acte II announcement.
Maison des Peuples et de la Paix – House of Peoples and Peace — ACTIVIST: Angoulême organization collaborating on the Acte II call.
Fanfare en lutte d'Angoulême – Angoulême Marching Band in Struggle — ACTIVIST: Local activist collective collaborating on Acte II.
Révolution Permanente Angoulême — Permanent Revolution–Angoulême – REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: Local chapter of Révolution Permanente, collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
Organisation de Solidarité Trans (OST) Angoulême — Trans Solidarity Organization–Angoulême – ACTIVIST / SOLIDARITY: Local organization listed as an Acte II collaborator.
Caen, France
Caen Antifa Squad — ANTIFASCIST: Collaborator on an "ACTE II — 24 OCTOBRE" announcement.
Caen en Lutte — Caen in Struggle – PROTEST COLLECTIVE: Local organization collaborating on Acte II.
Solidarité Étudiante 14 — Student Solidarity 14 – STUDENT: Calvados student organization collaborating on the Oct. 24 mobilization.
NOV. 20 INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
Belgium (3)
Comac — MARXIST/SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian youth organization associated with the Workers' Party.
RedFox — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Belgian socialist youth organization.
Vrede — ANTI-WAR: Belgian organization publishing and promoting the International Youth Strike manifesto.
France (1)
Mouvement National Lycéen — STUDENT/YOUTH: French high-school organization identified in the European Nov. 20 coalition.
Germany (6)
Schulstreik gegen Wehrpflicht — STUDENT/"ANTI-CONSCRIPTION": German school-strike network mobilizing for Nov. 20.
Die Falken — SOCIALIST YOUTH: German socialist youth organization involved in the international organizing process.
Linksjugend ['solid] — SOCIALIST YOUTH: Youth organization associated with Die Linke.
DIE LINKE.SDS — SOCIALIST STUDENT: German socialist university organization.
CGIL — LABOR: Italian labor confederation whose Nov. 20 general strike converges with the student mobilization.
Spain (1)
Sindicato de Estudiantes — SOCIALIST STUDENT: Spanish student organization identified in the international network.
United Kingdom (9)
Counterfire — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: Promoting the Nov. 20 international strike.
Left Unity — SOCIALIST: Promoting the wider European mobilization.
International Youth Strike — INTERNATIONAL YOUTH / ANTI-CAPITALIST COALITION: The coordinating coalition behind the Nov. 20 strike says student and youth organizations across Europe are organizing demonstrations, walkouts, assemblies, blockades and occupations. Its manifesto says exploitation, climate breakdown and war are the "essence of capitalism," calls NATO an instrument of "imperial interests" that "should be dissolved," and demands "radical system change."
North West Pensioners Association — ACTIVIST: Organizational supporter of the Nov. 20 actions.
Socialist Party — TROTSKYIST: Socialist party promoting the international strike.
Socialist Students — SOCIALIST STUDENT: British organizer advocating a "socialist future."
Universities and Colleges Union @ucunion — The largest trade union and professional association for academics, lecturers, trainers, researchers & academic-related staff in UK "Further Education" and "Higher Education."
Young Greens — YOUTH / GREEN: British youth organization identified among supporters.
Amplifiers (8)
CODEPINK — U.S. ANTI-WAR / ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION: The U.S. organization has explicitly connected the French protests to its own planned Washington mobilization. "From France to the United States, the message is clear," CODEPINK said, before promoting its Nov. 10-12 "Taxpayer Uprising" demanding that federal spending go toward education, healthcare and housing rather than the military.
Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) — TROTSKYIST / SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization whose national affiliates include Britain's Socialist Party and Ireland's Militant Left. Its international website is promoting the Nov. 20 youth walkout under the campaign slogan "Fight for our future not their wars."
International Socialist Alternative (ISA) — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: The international socialist organization says "Capitalism means war" and that it "wholeheartedly" supports the Nov. 20 strike. ISA says its members have helped organize Germany's anti-conscription school strikes and describes imperialism as the "highest stage of capitalism."
Party for Socialism and Liberation–Houston — MARXIST-LENINIST / U.S. CHAPTER: The Houston chapter of the U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation is amplifying the French protest movement.
Progressive International — TRANSNATIONAL LEFT NETWORK: The international organization explicitly grouped the current protests in France, Spain, India and Albania in an Oct. 16 briefing and asked how the "new rebellions" could acquire organized political power. Most significantly, it said: "These are the forces that the Progressive International is working to support and connect."
Stop ReArm Europe — ANTI-WAR / ANTI-MILITARIZATION COALITION: A European coalition calling for demonstrations and actions around Nov. 20 under the slogan "Welfare, not Warfare." It says it supports students "refusing" militarization and calls on social movements, unions, civil-society groups, political organizations and parliamentarians to mobilize around the student strike.
teleSUR English — INTERNATIONAL MEDIA AMPLIFIER: The international media outlet amplified the French demonstrations with Oct. 17 coverage of clashes, fires and arrests in Paris, Lyon and other cities. This is evidence of international amplification.
World BEYOND War — INTERNATIONAL ANTI-WAR: A global organization that describes itself as a movement to "end war" and says it is part of the Stop ReArm Europe campaign. It is explicitly promoting the Nov. 20 International Youth Strike and urging supporters to "join this resistance."
FRANCE — ORIGINAL NETWORK (54)
Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: Communist organization involved in protests.
Parti communiste français — COMMUNIST: French Communist Party whose leaders and activists joined the demonstrations.
Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples (MRAP) — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in the wider coalition.
SOS Racisme — ANTIRACIST: Antiracism organization involved in supporting the movement.
International amplifiers
BreakThrough News — SINGHAM NETWORK / MEDIA: New York-based nonprofit amplifying the French protests internationally.
Indian Alliance Paris — INTERNATIONAL / DIASPORA: France-based organization connecting French and Indian protest messaging. Partnered with the People's Forum in Manhattan.
For some French Jews, Saturday's unrest brought an unsettling warning: conceal outward signs of Jewish identity and avoid gathering outside synagogues.
One community member told Fox News Digital that some congregations had even canceled afternoon prayers on the Sabbath as demonstrations across France descended into violence.
Ahead of the protests on Saturday, he said, as a precaution, "Lots of synagogues sent out emails to their people saying, 'We're canceling Mincha on Shabbat afternoon. Please don't go out. It's going to be dangerous,'" Samuel Arrouas, a French Jewish community member who divides his time between Paris and Israel, told Fox News Digital.
Mincha is the Jewish afternoon prayer service. Arrouas, who returned to Israel before Saturday's protests, described his shock over the messages. "I'm 40 years old. First time I heard this," he said.
Arrouas said warnings also advised Jews against visibly wearing kippahs, traditional skullcaps, or tzitzit, ritual fringes worn by observant Jewish men. Worshipers were discouraged from lingering outside synagogues after services. "You go to prayers, and you immediately leave," he said.
Before leaving France, Arrouas said he encountered masked demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags near Paris Dauphine University.
"It's very scary," he said. "When you're Jewish and you pass in front of such a scene, the only thing you want to do is just get away."
The concerns emerged as approximately 550,000 people demonstrated across France on Oct. 17 against rising fuel prices, the cost of living and deteriorating public services, including schools. The demonstrations were masked rioters clashed with police, looted businesses and set fire to vehicles and buildings in Paris, Marseille and other cities. France's Interior Ministry reported approximately 2,400 arrests.
President Emmanuel Macron called for "calm and order" in a national address, warning against escalation. "We all feel anger and shame," he said, distinguishing protesters' "legitimate demands" from "those who destroyed, smashed and looted." He said "nothing justifies" the violence and pledged accountability. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez offered his resignation, which Macron refused.
Shannon Seban, the France-based executive director of European affairs at the Combat Antisemitism Movement, said the presence of Palestinian flags at demonstrations over domestic issues added to Jewish community concerns.
"We have seen Palestinian flags at demonstrations that were supposed to be about education and social demands. What does Gaza have to do with any of this?" Seban told Fox News Digital.
"This has nothing to do with legitimate student demands anymore. We are talking about organized violence, about people who are not coming to demonstrate but to destroy, to attack our police officers and to challenge the authority of the Republic," she said.
Seban linked the violence to rhetoric urging people to "globalize the intifada" and to antisemitic conspiracy theories circulating online.
"At the Combat Antisemitism Movement, we documented 1,384 antisemitic posts in just two days, including conspiracy theories accusing Jews and Israel of being behind the unrest," Seban said.
"The right to protest is fundamental in a democracy. But the right to protest is not the right to destroy," she added. "France and Europe must wake up. Before it is too late."
In Marseille, Bruno Benjamin, president of the Marseille-Provence branch of CRIF, the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions, described the damage to local businesses and the anxiety facing the community.
"Several hundred shops were ransacked, vandalized and looted. The scale of the devastation is simply unbearable," Benjamin told Fox News Digital.
He said shopkeepers had seen years of work destroyed within hours, leaving some facing layoffs or temporary unemployment for employees.
"This is not just an attack on businesses. It is an attack on people's livelihood, their dignity, and the very fabric of our society," he said.
France's Jewish community security organization, SPCJ, cautioned against assuming that Jewish-owned property was targeted because of religion. In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, SPCJ said a break-in and vandalism at a synagogue in Paris's 19th arrondissement initially suggested burglary, although the motive remained undetermined. Jewish-owned businesses were among those damaged in Marseille, it said, without evidence they had been singled out for being Jewish.
The U.S. State Department's existing Level 2 travel advisory urges Americans to exercise increased caution in France because of terrorism and unrest. Fox News Digital reached out to the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., for comment on the unrest and the safety of the Jewish community.
Benjamin said rising insecurity and antisemitism had left some French Jews considering whether to leave the country, while others remained determined to stay.
"We must relentlessly combat antisemitism, defend their right to live in safety and dignity and ensure that no Jew in France should ever have to choose between their personal security and their love for their country," he said. "Because being Jewish in France should never mean having to live in fear."
For Seban of the Combat Antisemitism Movement, it's evident where the blame lies: "Let me be very clear: La France Insoumise and the far left bear a political responsibility for fueling this climate of violence and confrontation."
The far-right leader’s promise to restore order will appeal to many ahead of next year’s presidential elections – the stakes are suddenly much higher
There is only one clear winner so far from France’s chaos: Marine Le Pen. The violence and rioting that engulfed towns and cities across the country over the weekend, six months before a pivotal presidential election, is a godsend for the hard-right, Eurosceptical, anti-immigration candidate. As buildings burned, shops were looted and police attacked, the rioting largely drowned out peaceful mass protests over the dilapidated state of schools , fuel prices and the cost of living.
Across France and the rest of Europe, people are in shock at scenes of arson and pillage in city centres, the wrecking of symbols of the republic such as the 19th-century town hall in peaceful provincial Limoges and the bust of Marianne in Marseille’s city hall, and the looting of more than 2,000 shops.
Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy Centre
“Dicono che Brigitte Macron sia in realtà un uomo e lei ne soffre, io le ho detto: lascia fare. Lo scrivevano anche di me, eppure quelle leggende mi hanno aiutata nella carriera”. Parola di Amanda Lear. La celebre ex modella, attrice, cantante e presentatrice tv di cui non si conosce con esattezza la data di nascita, nonché il sesso registrato all’anagrafe, è tornata sul pruriginoso argomento legato al presidente della repubblica francese Macron, oramai verso il viale del tramonto. “Oggi c’è questa moda della transvestigation (un ipotesi complottista per la quale alcune elebrità sarebbero transgender ndr) che ha colpito anche Michelle Obama e Brigitte Macron ed è assurda”, ha spiegato Lear durate l’ultima puntata di Verissimo.
Vicenda, quella del sesso reale della premiere dame dell’Eliseo, che ha portato la signora Brigitte a denunciare l’influencer americana Candace Owens. “Brigitte è una signora carinissima“, ha detto Lear, “e soffre per queste voci. Io però le ho detto di lasciar perdere. Più parli di una cosa più aumenta, se non ne parli dopo un po’ arriva un’altra notizia e ci se ne dimentica. La mia filosofia è “lascia fare””. Lear ha poi ricordato: “Su di me in certi anni i giornali hanno scritto di tutto, che ero un uomo, che ero incinta. Ogni settimana bisognava trovare un’invenzione nuova ma questo non mi ha mai toccato, anzi, faceva parte della promozione. In parte devo ringraziare queste leggende perché mi hanno aiutato nella carriera e se adesso ho una bella casa, faccio una bella vita e non sono stata dimenticata dopo una canzone lo devo anche a quello”.
Le mobilitazioni del 17 ottobre e le violenze che ne hanno accompagnato la fase finale mostrano una Francia attraversata da una crisi sociale e politica profonda. Mentre il macronismo entra nel suo ultimo semestre, Marine Le Pen e Jean-Luc Mélenchon incarnano due risposte radicalmente opposte alla domanda di rottura.
Le immagini degli incendi, delle barricate e degli scontri che hanno attraversato la Francia nelle giornate del 17 e 18 ottobre rischiano di nascondere il dato politicamente più importante: centinaia di migliaia di francesi sono scesi in strada contro il carovita, la crisi dei servizi pubblici e il progressivo deterioramento delle condizioni materiali di vita. Il ministero dell’Interno ha contato circa 550.000 partecipanti alla giornata nazionale del 17 ottobre, mentre gli organizzatori ne hanno rivendicati circa 800.000. Una mobilitazione di dimensioni tali da costituire la più importante esplosione di protesta sociale dai tempi della battaglia contro la riforma delle pensioni del 2023.
Il fenomeno sarebbe tuttavia incomprensibile se venisse ridotto ai disordini che hanno segnato la conclusione di numerosi cortei. Lungi dall’essere nata il 17 ottobre, la protesta rappresenta il risultato di un processo cominciato settimane prima nelle scuole e nelle università, quando studenti e liceali hanno iniziato a denunciare classi sovraffollate, carenza di personale, precarietà e progressivo impoverimento dell’istruzione pubblica. Alle mobilitazioni giovanili si sono poi aggiunti sindacati, lavoratori, pensionati e settori del movimento dei gilets jaunes, mentre il rincaro dei carburanti ha agito da detonatore di un malessere sociale molto più ampio.
Tale convergenza conferisce agli avvenimenti un significato politico ben superiore a quello di un’ennesima fiammata di protesta francese. L’Humanité ha descritto il corteo parigino come l’incontro tra generazioni differenti accomunate dalle rivendicazioni sui salari, sul futuro della gioventù e sulla difesa dei servizi pubblici, ma soprattutto dal rifiuto delle politiche seguite dal 2017. In questo senso appare particolarmente significativa l’immagine proposta dal quotidiano della sinistra francese: il macronismo rischia di terminare così come era cominciato, in mezzo ai lacrimogeni e a un conflitto sociale che il potere politico sembra incapace di ricomporre.
Nel tentativo di distogliere l’opinione pubblica dalle ragioni concrete delle proteste, il primo ministro Sébastien Lecornu ha accusato gruppi dell’ultrasinistra di avere deliberatamente organizzato gli incidenti, arrivando a contrapporre il “campo della Repubblica” a quello dei “casseurs” e indirizzando buona parte delle proprie accuse contro La France Insoumise (LFI), nonostante lo stesso leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon avesse invitato esplicitamente i propri sostenitori a non partecipare a saccheggi e devastazioni. Il Rassemblement National (RN), dal canto suo, ha rapidamente trasformato le immagini dei disordini in materiale di propaganda, cercando di associare la protesta sociale a una crisi dell’autorità e alla necessità di restaurare l’ordine.
È una dinamica che rischia di favorire l’estrema destra, ma che non deve far perdere di vista l’origine della crisi. L’aumento del costo della vita, la stagnazione dei salari, il deterioramento dei servizi pubblici e la nuova impostazione austeritaria del bilancio per il 2027 rappresentano il terreno materiale sul quale la protesta è cresciuta.
La risposta televisiva di Emmanuel Macron del 18 ottobre ha mostrato una volta ancora la difficoltà dell’Eliseo a uscire dalla contraddizione che accompagna ormai l’ultimo periodo della sua presidenza. Il capo dello Stato ha riconosciuto la legittimità delle preoccupazioni espresse dai manifestanti, ma ha a sua volta concentrato una parte importante del proprio intervento sulla condanna delle violenze e sulle questioni di ordine pubblico. Ha annunciato consultazioni con studenti, insegnanti, sindacati, parlamentari e rappresentanti delle imprese, senza però indicare immediatamente una svolta economica capace di rispondere alle cause sociali della protesta.
Messi insieme, tutti questi elementi fanno emergere in modo chiaro la dimensione strutturale della crisi del macronismo. Quando Emmanuel Macron conquistò l’Eliseo nel 2017, promise di superare la tradizionale divisione tra destra e sinistra. La sua formula politica avrebbe dovuto sostituire il conflitto ideologico con una gestione pragmatica, europea e modernizzatrice della società francese. Quasi dieci anni dopo, il risultato appare paradossalmente opposto: la Francia non è meno polarizzata, anzi risulta essere molto più polarizzata di quanto fosse all’inizio della presidenza Macron.
La dissoluzione dell’Assemblée nationale nel 2024 aveva già distrutto l’illusione di una maggioranza presidenziale stabile. Da allora la Francia è entrata in una lunga sequenza di governi minoritari, crisi parlamentari e negoziati sul bilancio. Il governo Lecornu resta privo di una maggioranza autonoma, mentre il progetto finanziario per il 2027 è stato accolto con ostilità dalle opposizioni e con crescente nervosismo dai mercati. All’inizio di ottobre i rendimenti del debito francese avevano raggiunto livelli che non si vedevano dai primi anni Duemila, mentre il debito pubblico ha superato il 119% del prodotto interno lordo e la crescita resta debole.
Ma sarebbe riduttivo interpretare questa situazione come una semplice “crisi del debito”. Il problema fondamentale riguarda piuttosto la distribuzione dei costi della crisi. Il governo continua a presentare l’austerità come una necessità tecnica, mentre la sinistra francese sottolinea come essa rappresenti piuttosto una scelta politica precisa: ridurre la spesa sociale e comprimere i servizi pubblici anziché intervenire sulle grandi fortune, sui profitti e sulle ingenti sovvenzioni concesse alle imprese. Da qui nasce la domanda che attraversa una parte consistente delle piazze francesi: chi deve pagare la crisi?
La risposta del RN è radicalmente diversa. Marine Le Pen tenta di trasformare la crisi del macronismo in una crisi dello Stato, dell’immigrazione e dell’ordine pubblico. Il suo partito cerca di intercettare lo stesso malcontento che alimenta le proteste, ma di orientarlo verso una soluzione nazionalista e securitaria. Sul terreno economico, inoltre, il RN sta tentando di rassicurare i mercati: Le Pen ha recentemente promesso forti riduzioni della spesa pubblica qualora conquistasse l’Eliseo, mentre Jordan Bardella ha difeso un piano volto a tagliare circa 140 miliardi di euro di spesa e a ridurre rapidamente deficit e debito. La pretesa dell’estrema destra di rappresentare una rottura sociale con il macronismo entra quindi in contraddizione con un programma economico che contiene anch’esso una pesante componente austeritaria.
Ad ogni modo, i dati demoscopici mostrano quanto questa contrapposizione stia modificando la politica francese. Le rilevazioni pubblicate nelle ultime settimane indicano Marine Le Pen come candidata nettamente più forte al primo turno, ma contemporaneamente mostrano una crescita di Mélenchon e soprattutto una straordinaria solidità della sua base. Un’indagine Ipsos BVA-Cevipof attribuiva in settembre al candidato di LFI tra il 15,5 e il 17% delle intenzioni di voto, ma con livelli molto più alti tra i giovani: fra i 18 e i 24 anni Mélenchon raggiungeva addirittura il 40%. Un sondaggio successivo, riportato da Reuters, ha delineato perfino scenari nei quali Le Pen e Mélenchon si qualificherebbero insieme per il ballottaggio, estromettendo completamente i candidati dell’area centrista.
Naturalmente manca ancora molto alla primavera del 2027 e ogni previsione resta fragile. Marine Le Pen deve inoltre affrontare ancora l’incognita del proprio contenzioso giudiziario, mentre a sinistra rimangono divisioni profonde tra LFI, socialisti, comunisti ed ecologisti. Ma il dato politico è già evidente: il successore di Macron non sembra destinato a provenire dal blocco che ha governato la Francia nell’ultimo decennio.
La battaglia per l’Eliseo sarà quindi molto più di una competizione tra candidati. Sarà uno scontro attorno all’interpretazione stessa del fallimento macronista. L’estrema destra sostiene che la Francia soffra soprattutto per un deficit di autorità, sovranità e controllo. La sinistra radicale individua invece il problema nella crescente disuguaglianza, nell’austerità, nell’indebolimento dei servizi pubblici e nella subordinazione delle scelte economiche agli interessi del grande capitale. Il campo macronista, nel frattempo, fatica sempre più a convincere che la continuazione delle politiche degli ultimi dieci anni possa rappresentare una risposta alla crisi prodotta proprio durante quel decennio.
As autoridades francesas decretaram um recolher noturno, que entrará em vigor das 23h às 6h em alguns lugares de Paris, como a Praça da República e as ruas ao redor do centro cultural Les Halles. A medida, segundo a imprensa francesa, será aplicada a três categorias de pessoas: menores desacompanhados, pessoas que usam equipamento de proteção individual e pessoas que se apresentem com o rosto tapado.
Foi decretado um primeiro recolher obrigatório com duração de dois dias a partir desta segunda-feira, a9 de outubro, na cidade de Lille, no norte do país, e nas cidades vizinhas de Douai , Wattignies e Denain, por imposição do gabinete do primeiro-ministro Sébastien Lecornu. Nos departamentos do norte, a ordem impõe o recolher a menores a partir das 20h. Em Coulaines, uma cidade de cerca de oito mil habitantes perto de Le Mans, o minícipe, Christophe Rouillon, anunciou também que implementaria um toque de recolher “à noite para menores que saírem sozinhos”, a partir das 23h.
Ainda em Paris, o autarca do centro da cidade, Ariel Weil (do Partido Socialista), cuja área foi duramente atingida por saques e destruição, disse que já havia solicitado o estabelecimento de um recolher obrigatório e, “por que não?”, a intervenção do exército para evitar a repetição da violência. “Houve uma destruição incrível; nem mesmo no auge do movimento dos ‘coletes amarelos’ vimos tanta destruição num único fim de semana”, disse.
No último fim-de-semana, ocorreram protestos em massa por toda a França, com a participação estimada em mais de meio milhão de pessoas. Os distúrbios incluíram tumultos, saques e confrontos violentos com a polícia em Paris, Marselha e Limoges. O ministro do Interior admitiu que a polícia “perdeu o controlo” em algumas cidades, enquanto o presidente Emmanuel Macron, que se dirigiu ao país no domingo, exigiu uma revisão completa das medidas de segurança e o apoio total às decisões tomadas pelos autarcas das regiões mais afetadas. Logo após o discurso Macron, que afirmou ser “insuportável ver as nossas ruas saqueadas”, grupos de homens pilharam lojas no centro de Paris.
Por outro lado, a Comissão de Direito do Senado anunciou o lançamento de uma investigação sobre a violência que marcou o fim-de-semana, na tentativa de esclarecer as “significativas disfunções na antecipação e preparação do aparato policial”. A comissão pretende “investigar” “a sequência dos acontecimentos” e “determinar as responsabilidades administrativas, institucionais, legais e políticas pelos eventos ocorridos durante esses dois dias “, explica um comunicado do Senado.
Diversos grupos parlamentares, principalmente de esquerda, pediram durante o fim-de-semana a criação de uma comissão de inquérito, visto que o governo enfrenta críticas generalizadas pela forma como lidou com as manifestações e a violência e os saques subsequentes.
A presidente da Assembleia Nacional, Yaël Braun-Pivet (do partido de Marine Le Pen), avançará esta terça-feira com a criação de uma comissão parlamentar de inquérito sobre a violência e os saques cometidos à margem das manifestações de 17 de outubro, que deverá também concentrar-se na estratégia de manutenção da ordem.
Lecornu denuncia a extrema-esquerda
O chefe de governo, Sébastien Lecornu, acusou o “movimento de extrema-esquerda” de querer semear “profunda desordem” e “questionar o calendário e a realização das eleições presidenciais”. A declaração mereceu uma rápida resposta de Jean-Luc Mélenchon: “como candidato, expresso o meu espanto. Se o primeiro-ministro não é um mentiroso ou alguém que quer incitar a desordem, deve provar a sua acusação. Caso contrário, deve pedir desculpa, calar-se e parar de incitar a desordem, como ele, o chefe da polícia de Paris e o ministro do Interior, que ao menos teve a classe de apresentar a sua demissão” (que foi recusada pelo Presidente da República).
Mi dedo gordo haciendo scroll arrancó al móvil este fin de semana un montaje cinematográfico aparentemente fortuito digno de Cuarón: en una alfombra roja en Los Ángeles, Taylor Swift desfilaba con un vestido azul hielo de Dior mientras las lunas de una tienda de esa misma firma en París estallaban bajo barras blandidas por vándalos; sobre la pasarela escarlata, hora estándar del Pacífico, la bella Ana de Armas paseaba con un vestido de terciopelo de Louis Vuitton y simultáneamente, en huso de Greenwich pero dominios napoleónicos, unos bárbaros atacaban la tienda del malletier que en España conocemos como Luisvi. Ardían las insignias de la costura francesa y también el Ayuntamiento de Limoges, el lugar donde nace la porcelana más fina de Occidente mientras en Hollywood las estrellas lucían lujo europeo. Reinaba el caos en las Galias pero al otro lado del Atlántico Trump tenía listo un veredicto en su red social. Tal vez su movimiento se llama MAGA porque es capaz de sincronicidades que se antojan cosa de brujas. Ya ocurrió cuando 72.000 personas entraron a España y en menos de 48 horas Elon Musk tenía un tuit xenófo sobre un lugar tan ajeno a él como Ceuta. “Parece Guerra Mundial Z”. Ni un día necesitó el presidente de Estados Unidos: “Francia está en llamas. La inmigración de personas procedentes de un mundo totalmente diferente ha destrozado ese país que en su día fue grande. Cierren sus fronteras y tomen el control, antes de que sea demasiado tarde”. Efectivamente, en las imágenes se puede ver, muy convenientemente, la piel de los asaltantes, lo que facilita deducciones asquerosamente racistas. Justo por eso, reza un meme, Batman lleva la mitad de la cara descubierta: para que la policía sepa que es blanco. Decía el poeta negro Gil Scott Heron en ese manoseado poema sobre el que se asienta el género contestatario urbano por excelencia, el rap, que cuando llegue la revolución no la veremos en pantallas. Añado: pero en ellas encontraremos pistas para descifrarla.
French soccer legend Emmanuel Petit ripped into the violent rioters wrecking cities across France, telling the lawless agitators who hate the country to "go back from where you came."
The 1998 World Cup winner fired up Instagram Sunday to vent his "profound deep anger" after protests turned into total madness with torched cars, looted stores, and trashed streets. More than 2,400 rioters have already been locked up nationwide, Fox News Digital reported.
What started as protests over school policy and living costs quickly turned into complete street warfare over the weekend. Masked mobs smashed up store windows and set cars on fire, forcing riot police to unload tear gas in Paris and Marseille while French President Emmanuel Macron admitted he felt "both anger and shame."
The ex-Arsenal star didn't dance around it, unleashing on the lawless mobs tearing through neighborhoods.
"It's thugs because their cowardice is what unites them," he blasted. "They destroy everything, they burn everything, they break everything, they plunder, they steal, they hurt, they aggress, they insult."
He contrasted the criminal mobs on the streets with honest, hard-working taxpayers who are fed up with runaway inflation and crushing government policies.
"You shouldn't mix up the people who manifested yesterday, and I understand them strongly because I too am more than fed up of being pressed like a lemon on a fiscal plan," Petit said, defending working-class families who rise early, pay taxes, and follow the law while being abandoned by the state.
Petit laid down the law on immigration, welcoming foreigners who respect France while telling agitators who hate the nation that nobody wants them around.
"I love my country, I love all foreigners who love my country and who want to integrate," Petit said.
"But all the others, starting with the French who do not wish precisely that France continues to be what it is, go back from where you came, we don't need you," he warned.
Petit went even further, directly targeting homegrown radicals and native-born rioters taking part in the violence: "And all those who were born with a French passport, break yourselves [get lost], we don't want you anymore."
The soccer star didn't let Macron off the hook either, putting France's political elite on blast and demanding they actually do their jobs to protect law-abiding citizens.
"I'm addressing the political class, starting with our dear president, Mr. Macron, and all the political classes," Petit said. "To all these people, I have a message to give you: be very careful about what you are going to do, what you are going to say, and how you are going to protect the honest citizens in France."
Petit concluded by slamming a failed government apparatus that taxes citizens into oblivion while starving law enforcement and essential services.
"Because today, there's no money for the police, there's no money for the army, there's no money for the hospitals, there's no money for the schools," Petit said. "Bizarrely, the only thing that works in France, is taxes."
President Donald Trump warned Monday that Paris is on course to become a “Muslim city very soon,” blaming France's escalating unrest on mass immigration and saying he had repeatedly urged French President Emmanuel Macron to close the country's borders.
French prime minister says he could still impose a state of emergency, after interior minister says police 'lost control' of massive protests over the surging cost of living
As Republicans confront mounting political headwinds ahead of November’s midterm elections, Donald Trump is attempting to turn unrest in France into a cautionary tale for American voters, recasting the demonstrations that began as student protests against crumbling schools and the soaring cost of living as evidence of the dangers of immigration and the erosion of western civilization.
At a rally in Kansas on Monday evening, Trump described France as a once-great nation that had been “conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists”.
As Republicans confront mounting political headwinds ahead of November’s midterm elections, Donald Trump is attempting to turn unrest in France into a cautionary tale for American voters, recasting the demonstrations that began as student protests against crumbling schools and the soaring cost of living as evidence of the dangers of immigration and the erosion of western civilization.
At a rally in Kansas on Monday evening, Trump described France as a once-great nation that had been “conquered, looted, and burned to the ground by migrants, jihadists, and communists”.
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