Gérald Darmanin says he fears “extremely serious unrest from September”

On franceinfo, the Minister of the Interior affirms that, according to the intelligence services, “ultra left and ultra right can take advantage of the final results of the elections to sow a form of chaos”.

“I think that from September-October we will experience extremely serious unrest.“, warned Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, on franceinfo on Friday June 28, two days before the first round of early legislative elections. He said: “worried not so much on election night, even if there may be disturbances, but it’s the start of the social year“.

The minister claims that, according to the intelligence services, “on the evening of the first round and undoubtedly on the evening of the second round when the final results are announced, the ultra-left and the ultra-right can take advantage of this to sow a form of chaos“.

But he is more concerned about the month of September. He fears that if “the far left or the far right“comes to power, “economic demagogic programs“will be implemented this summer and will”to ensure that France will be attacked on the financial markets“.

Gérald Darmanin states that “extremely serious disorders“will come from”those who don’t like the police, the far left, and those who will unleash violent people, the far right“. These violences “pplus the demagogies, plus the economic ruin of our country“, will lead France towards “an extremely difficult end of year, if we were to lose“, he said.

Furthermore, Gérald Darmanin announced on franceinfo that he “will invest the investigation services of the Ministry of the Interior“, while the socialist mayor of Rouen Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol issued a decree banning the xenophobic evening “Foreigners Out”, planned in an identitarian bar in the city this Friday evening. On Monday, the mayor of Rouen called on Gérald Darmanin, asking him to dissolve the association organizing this evening. The Minister of the Interior specifies that a dissolution can take “Several weeks“.