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these policies outraged by the “terrorists” who confront the police

A gendarmerie van on the Sainte-Soline site in the Deux-Sèvres burned down
THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP A gendarmerie van on the Sainte-Soline site in the Deux-Sèvres burned down

THIBAUD MORITZ / AFP

POLITICS – The situation is (very) tense on the Sainte-Soline site in Deux-Sèvres on the sidelines of the rally against the ” mega basins this Saturday, March 25. Violent clashes broke out between some radical activists who came to fight it out and the police deployed on the spot to prevent access to the site.

Molotov cocktails and projectile jets against tear gas and LBD shots, the situation turned into a pitched battle for more than an hour, leading to the fire of several gendarmerie vehicles. A scene immortalized by our reporter on the spot.

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While the images of the clashes circulate abundantly on social networks, many political leaders have stepped up to the plate, denouncing the violence committed against the police.

“Savage hordes”

In Sainte-Soline, the ultra left and the extreme left are extremely violent against our gendarmes. Unspeakable, unbearable. No one should tolerate this. Full support for our law enforcement “, was indignant on Twitter the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.

These attacks on the gendarmes are intolerable. The State will not shrink from these acts, the perpetrators of which will have to answer to justice. “, added the president of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun Pivet, while the deputy Renaissance Guillaume Kasbarian denounced of the ” hordes of savages attacking law enforcement.

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Sacha Houlié, Maud Bergeon… (Very) many elected representatives of the majority have sung the same refrain, while these clashes take place in a tense social climate, marked by violence between opponents of the pension reform and the police in several demonstrations in recent days. To the point of having led to the postponement of Charles III’s visit to France.

On the right, the president of the Republicans Éric Ciotti applied the language recommended by the Minister of the Interior in October, by qualifying terrorists » environmental activists taking part in the clashes.

On the far right, RN President Jordan Bardella took the opportunity to question the skills of the executive. ” How could ultra-left militias, partly from abroad, armed or even armed with explosives, with such predictable intentions, converge on Sainte-Soline to attack the gendarmes, farmers and journalists? This government has lost control,” To tweeted MEP.

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More than 3,000 gendarmes and police officers were mobilized to secure the site and contain this prohibited demonstration. Violent activists, some from other European countries, were expected by the police. A long peaceful procession began to march at the end of the morning, made up of at least 6,000 people according to the prefecture and around 25,000 according to the organizers. Among them, several elected EELV or LFI.

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Written by Emilie Grenaud

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