in Sens, a year after the riots, “the whole neighborhood has a hangover” – Libération

In the sub-prefecture of Yonne, where a social center went up in smoke last year, the feeling of insecurity linked to the riots should facilitate the re-election of Julien Odoul, RN deputy for the constituency. Still groggy, the municipal team tries to continue its social policy.

Ghislaine Pieux cried. When she saw the images of the social center on fire, on the night of June 28 to 29, 2023, the Solidarity representative from the city of Sens said “thought of the teams, of everything we had imagined. Years of work gone up in smoke. People in the Champs-Plaisants district were starting to take ownership of this new equipment, we had already prepared the inauguration party”says this 53-year-old woman.

But a year after the riots which stunned the small town of Burgundy, the moderate right-wing elected official, a specialist educator, is especially worried about the working-class youth of Sens and France, who risk paying the price for repressive policies if the National Rally comes to power on July 7. The city is not afraid of tipping over: it already has a Lepéniste deputy, the restless Julien Odoul, well on his way to being re-elected. On the other hand, when we meet Ghislaine Pieux, a week after the dissolution, Jordan Bardella has just confirmed that he will suspend family allowances