“This dirty racist is dead,” said a sign in Paris held up in the crowd of a few hundred people who formed in the early evening at Place de la République, where a few flags of the New Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA) were flying. “Youth piss off the National Front,” chanted participants, some of whom had climbed onto the central statue, while others launched anti-fascist slogans, journalists on site noted.
“Nothing, absolutely nothing justifies dancing on a corpse. The death of a man, even a political opponent, should inspire only restraint and dignity. These scenes of jubilation are simply shameful,” commented Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on X.
“This dirty racist is dead”
There, as in Lyon, some fireworks were set off. In Lyon, some 200 to 300 people gathered around 7:00 p.m. in the city center, at the call of the ultra-left, in order to “party” after the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, as he puts it. the call launched on the Rebellyon account, on X.
” Finally “
In Marseille, where between 200 and 300 people gathered in the Old Port according to journalists on site, the atmosphere was also festive, between bottles of champagne, small party hats and this sign: “Finally”. “It’s the death of a character that we hate, because he was misogynist, racist, Holocaust denier, anti-Semitic and all that. We must celebrate when such hateful characters die,” explained Louise Delporte, a 20-year-old political science student. “It’s a dying symbol and it’s really good to know that. A symbol of an extreme right which no longer has any meaning today. Unfortunately, she still exists and we must remember that she must not be alive,” rejoiced Vivien Perez, a young 24-year-old musician.
“It’s the death of a character we hate, because he was misogynist, racist, Holocaust denier, anti-Semitic”
Jean-Marie Le Pen, figure of the French extreme right and finalist in the 2002 presidential election, died Tuesday at the age of 96 in the Paris region, in an establishment where he had been admitted several weeks ago.
