Ultra-left rioters, serious unrest and foreseeable damage: the authorities are preparing for a “Black Thursday”, punctuated by violence

A Black Thursday of very strong mobilization, haunted by "very high risks", with "numerous violence" provoked by ultra-left thugs in "the direction of the police and predictable damage to public buildings": this is the last scenario feared by the authorities on the eve of "Act IV" of the anger movement. “The day should seal the junction between several struggles and oppositions from the public sector, private sector, youth, citizen collectives and political parties located on the left or the extreme left,” warns a source close to the intelligence services while 220 public actions are planned throughout the territory. Analysts from the Ministry of the Interior are already warning that “participation promises to be as massive as the risk of disturbances to public order is high, with the simultaneous presence, in many cities, of rioters without ideological motivation and members of the extreme…