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Paris – Jean-Marie Le Pen really won’t have had a tribute like the others. Tuesday January 7, a few hundred people gathered at Place de la République, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, to celebrate the death of the founder of the National Front, as you can see in our video at the top of the article.
At the call of the queer collective Les Inverti.es, a crowd gathered for a “ giant aperitif » from 7 p.m. Between the caterpillars, the songs, and the fireworks, the revelers let their joy burst forth after the disappearance of the “devil of the Republic”.
« We are delighted that someone who tortured people during a racist and colonialist war » is dead, explains Carl, a student, in reference to the involvement of the founder of the National Front in the Algerian war. Karim, older, remembers the shock of April 21, 2002: “ We were all scared “, he recalls before admitting to having “even more afraid” in front of the new generation of far-right leaders. Because for tonight’s participants, the man may be dead, but not his ideas.
These scenes of jubilation did not fail to provoke a reaction, notably from the Minister of the Interior Bruno Retailleau, who described them as “ shameful “. Following this evening, three people were arrested according to the Paris police headquarters.
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