ultra-right demonstrations banned this weekend for fear of “violent clashes”

Calls to demonstrate in France, since the death of Thomas in Crépol (Drôme), from ultra-right groups have multiplied on social networks since the event.

Several gatherings planned for this weekend at the call of small ultra-right groups were banned on Friday, December 8, in different cities in France. The authorities fear violent clashes with ultra-left activists, after the death of young Thomas, killed during a village festival in Drôme in mid-November. Calls to demonstrate in France from ultra-right groups have multiplied on social networks since the event.

In Bordeaux (Gironde), the Gironde prefecture has banned, like the previous week, any demonstration in part of the city center bordering the quays of the Garonne, from 6 p.m., due to risks “clashes between the ultra-right and ultra-left movements”. The prefect also banned a gathering in tribute to Thomas scheduled for 7 p.m. in Bordeaux, supported by the far-right student union La Cocarde and the small nationalist group La Bastide Bordeaux, founded by former youth activists with Zemmour.

Events planned in Bourges and Tours

A mobilization of the French Furie identity group, planned in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) at 7 p.m., was also banned out of fear “violent clashes” with activists from “the ultra-left and anti-fascist movement in Toulouse” who had called for a counter-demonstration, explained the Haute-Garonne prefecture. A similar demonstration planned in Brest (Finistère) on Friday was also banned, according to a prefectural decree, due to its risk of “constitute a public call to hatred”.

Same thing in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), where a “citizen rally to demand justice and security for the French” was scheduled for Saturday at 2 p.m. Other events are also planned, such as in Bourges (Cher), La Roche-sur-Yon (Vendée) and Tours (Indre-et-Loire).