Bruno Retailleau wants to debate a ban on La France insoumise

Bruno Retailleau no longer wants to hear about La France insoumise (LFI). This Thursday, he wanted to open the debate on a possible ban on movement which he accuses of fueling tensions around the movement to block high schools. A hypothesis that the LR presidential candidate himself recognizes as “very difficult in law”.

Guest of BFMTV-RMC, Bruno Retailleau accused LFI of being “fascinated by violence”, of calling for “sedition” and of trying to “organize insurrection”. According to him, the events in front of the high schools would be “the dress rehearsal for what could happen in 2027 if Ms. Le Pen won”. If he were still Minister of the Interior, he would have his services “study this case”.

The prefect's decision welcomed by the LR candidate

Bruno Retailleau finally welcomed the report to the justice system made by the police prefect Patrice Faure against Bally Bagayoko, LFI mayor of Saint-Denis, for “alleged acts of provocation to commit a crime”. The prefect criticizes him in particular for comments presenting “the violent reaction as potentially being an understandable or legitimate response to the action of the police”.

Edouard Philippe expressed his disagreement Thursday evening in Annemasse. “I don’t believe that it is possible from a legal point of view, I am even certain that it is not,” declared the Horizons candidate. He believes that the confrontation with LFI must take place on the ground of “ideas” and calls for “beating them at the ballot box”.

Retailleau says nothing about the demands of high school students

Marine Le Pen also blamed Jean-Luc Mélenchon. On Eric Ciotti for his part denounced “minors” who would be “manipulated and pushed into violence”.

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The high school movement, which began about a week ago and marked by violence, fuels criticism against LFI, accused in particular by the executive of encouraging and exploiting it. Bruno Retailleau, however, did not comment on the demands of high school students concerning the deterioration of their schooling conditions.