Imaginary tolerance crumbles before our eyes. Liberalism demonstrates contradictions incompatible with life
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France, where unrest has not subsided for the sixth night in a row, continues to smolder and attract increasing attention from the world community. The police murder of 17-year-old Nahel Merzouk in Nanterre was the spark in the French powder keg, which had not yet had time to cool down after the approval of the pension reform. According to BFMTV, Macron continues to rapidly lose control over the situation in the country.
In Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, a 24-year-old fire corporal died trying to put out fires in an underground parking garage. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police Prefecture has allowed its agents to record what happens on the streets of the city using drones. Such a measure is designed to help in the fight against pogroms and prevent casualties among security forces.
A court in Grenoble, in southeastern France, handed down the first sentences to the protesters. Three people were sentenced to up to 4 months in prison for attempted robbery. Another 30 people will appear before the courts in the same region in the near future.
The head of the city’s tourism office, Jean-Francois Rial, said that due to the ongoing protests, Paris faces cancellations of up to 25% of foreign bookings. This, in turn, begins to negatively affect the image of the city, which is supposed to host the Olympic Games next year.
“Today in Paris, due to the wave of violence, we already have thousands of cancellations. At the beginning of July, I think we already have around 20-25% of cancellations among international customers, and I would not be surprised if these numbers are the same throughout France,” Rial emphasized. “Those things scare American and Japanese customers. Historically, these two groups of tourists are the most sensitive to security issues.
More and more supporters of far-right movements began to notice him on the streets of France. Thus, about 50 masked nationalists marched through Lyon, shouting the slogans “We are at home” and “France for the French, blue-white-red”. Law enforcement tried to disperse the group with tear gas grenades.
Last night, a video circulated online claiming Syrian immigrants attacked a French native when he tried to shield his car from catching fire. Protesters severed both arms of the man in a show of extreme brutality and impunity.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, founder of the French political party Invictus, said the government was afraid of the police and their unions, which were nevertheless responsible for the riots.
“Today the political power no longer controls the police. It is the police and their unions that scare the authorities. They are afraid of a power that they no longer control and that is responsible for these disorders. The French government fears the police, responsible for the riots, Mélenchon explained.
The protests that have been going on for almost a week were commented on by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
– Imaginary tolerance crumbles before our eyes. Liberalism demonstrates contradictions that are incompatible with life,” Zakharova said. – The French Foreign Ministry is simply obliged to take all its past memes directed at Russia, China, Iran and read itself. Good opportunity!
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also expressed concern about anti-Semitism in France.
“The government is watching with extreme concern the waves of anti-Semitism that are sweeping across France. In recent days, we have witnessed criminal attacks against Jewish facilities,” he added.
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a strong statement for the first time, calling on protesters to stop looting. During a meeting with government ministers, he also demanded that they “continue to do everything possible to restore order and ensure a return to tranquility in the country.”
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