after the violence, strong tensions in the National Assembly

The violence during the May 1 demonstrations was on everyone’s lips on Tuesday, May 2, at the National Assembly. From the opening of the session of questions to the Government, the subject electrified the debates. For Elisabeth Borne, the observation is clear. “The pictures we have seen […] are unbearable and illustrate that a new level has been reached in violence”, laments the Prime Minister. La France Insoumise is in the sights of Elisabeth Borne, and in particular its leader, Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

Opposition critics

The latter is accused of not having really condemned this violence. A few minutes before the intervention of Elisabeth Borne, the camp of the Insoumis had attacked the Government directly. The intervention of LFI deputy Antoine Léaument was strongly criticized in the process by the Minister of the Interior. “After unacceptable violence which injured 405 police officers and gendarmes, that you do not have a word for these fathers and mothers of families demonstrates your humanism”, claims Gérald Darmanin. NUPES believes that with this debate on violence, the Government is trying to make people forget the pension reform.