#64: FRANCE RIOTS AFTERMATH EDITION
"What have you done with France?" Le Pen asks Macron government + French PM laughing while cities burn + Drug dealers called end to riots so they could resume trafficking + MORE!
“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH FRANCE?” LE PEN ASKS MACRON GOV
France is in flames, and the government is to blame. That is the message that Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally, delivered to the National Assembly in a fiery speech on July 4 exposing the failures of 40 years of leftist policies.
“My question is for the Prime Minister. At a time when our country has just been handed over to looting, pillage and an insane incendiary rage. I would like to ask you the question: What have you done with France? You who carry out the same policies of your predecessors for 40 years,” said Le Pen.
“What have you done with our country by establishing areas of lawlessness. What did you do when you allowed ignorance of our culture to prosper and the hostility towards the legal authority of the state?”
She denounced the government for creating zones of chaos, where crime and rioting thrive, and for allowing the erosion of French culture and identity.
Le Pen also accused the government of ignoring the amble warnings of past riots and the rise of radical Islam.
The riots were the fault of lawless immigration, claimed Le Pen, which is spreading the problem to every corner of France.
Le Pen spoke for millions of French people who are fed up with the chaos, the violence and the humiliation that this government has inflicted on their nation.
“What have you done to transform our country from among the most elegant and courteous on earth to make it a hell?” asked Le Pen.
“This spectacle afflicts the whole world and our country which was so much admired for its intellectual influence and its power arouses pity today.”
FRENCH PM LAUGHS WHILE FRANCE BURNS
A video shared to Twitter on Tuesday, July 4, shows Elisabeth Borne laughing with her colleague Agnès Pannier-Runacher, while the National Assembly is debating the violent protests that erupted after the death of teenager Nahel Merzouk.
The video, which lasts twenty seconds, captures the moment when Bruno Le Maire, the Minister of Finance, affirms the Government's "firm" and "authoritarian" stance on restoring order and security in the face of the riots.
Behind Le Maire, Borne can be seen disrespectfully giggling with her colleagues despite the serious situation that the country is facing.
Many internet users reacted with anger and indignation to the video, accusing Borne of being insensitive and unfit for the job. Some even called for her resignation.
Thed incident added to the growing discontent with the Macron government’s handling of the crisis, which has already been criticized by several deputies for failing to crackdown on the criminality which engulfed major cities throughout the nation.
NAHEL’S FATHER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST MOTHER WHO LED PROTESTS FOR SLAIN TEEN
The father of slain teen Nahel has finally broken his silence and revealed some shocking facts about the circumstances of his life.
Hicham Hammouti told the outlet Le Parisien that he was a victim of his ex-wife, who separated from him in 2006 and prevented him from ever developing a relationshipt with his son.
He said he was jailed for a drug-related crime and that his ex-wife told him he would never see Nahel again prior to entering prison.
"I was never able to get in touch with him," he said. "I managed to see him when he left school but his mother did everything so that I could never assume my role as a father."
Hammouti also denounced the lies and manipulations that have been spread about him and his son on social media. He said that some people pretended to be him and created fake accounts on TikTok and other platforms to express themselves on his behalf.
"It was said that I was dead or that I had abandoned my son," he said. "They even made photo montages by juxtaposing images of me and adult Nahel, even though we had never met. This created a lot of turmoil and problems in my family."
DRUG DEALERS CALLED END TO RIOTS SO THEY COULD RESUME TRAFFICKING
The recent rioting that has shaken the core of France has spared some areas where drug trafficking reigns supreme.
Marseille, especially its northern districts, has been relatively quiet compared to other cities where looting and vandalism have occurred.
Various news outlets including CNews are now reporting that criminal organizations have played a role in stemming the tide of violence by calling an end so they could resume trafficking drugs in affected districts.
A police source told the Figaro that "Marseille has always been spared from riots and terrorism.”
The reason is simple: drug traffickers want peace and order to run their business. They don't want their customers or their suppliers to be scared away by the chaos, explained specialist in organized crime, Frédéric Ploquin, to the Lyon Capitale.
“They are traders, certainly illegal, but traders nonetheless. And like traders, they don't like to see their window broken,” said Ploquin.
That's why they have sent messages of calm to their neighborhoods and on social media.
"They said stop it, it's bad for the business", a young Marseillais explained on TikTok.
David Lisnard, the conservative mayor of Cannes, also acknowledged in La Voix du Nord that "if calm returns, it is thanks to the police, but also because dealers have called off the game. It shows a mafia order. Whole neighborhoods are under their control."
HOW THE FRENCH MEDIA COVERED FOR ANTIFA
The French media has been spreading far-left propaganda about the riots in Angers, according to a Twitter thread by Stansilas Rigault, the president of Generation Zemmour, a conservative youth movement.
Rigault exposed how the far-left and Antifa groups were responsible for the violence and vandalism that took place last weekend, while the media blamed conservative activists who were defending their homes.
Rigault said that on Friday night, a group of far-left extremists set fire to street furniture and attacked the former headquarters of a conservative association, on rue Cornet. The premises had been tagged with graffiti the day before.
Young conservatives who were inside the building had to use broomsticks and bats to fend off the assailants, who outnumbered them. However, the media and some politicians portrayed the incident as "unprovoked attacks on bystanders by ultra-right militias".
The situation worsened on Saturday night, when young people from nearby housing estates, incited by the far left, came to smash the window of the premises and chase the two activists who were present.
The police arrested the activists, while the attackers were free to continue breaking down the door of the building. Rigault said that throughout the evening, armed thugs with machetes and knives tried to storm the premises. He also claimed that a policeman reported seeing an individual with a 9mm gun.
