In the aftermath of the victory of the National Rally over the Europeans, far-right activists carried out attacks against demonstrators and LGBT people in several cities.
Since French President Emmanuel Macron lost the European elections to the far-right National Rally on June 9 and announced snap parliamentary elections, attacks on LGBTQ people have been deliberately political. Rights groups fear that if the far right comes to power in under two weeks, laws put in place to protect LGBTQ people could be dismantled and violent attacks legitimised.
In Lyon, the extreme right multiplies violent expeditions.
About fifty far-right activists made a raid on Friday, June 14, after a demonstration against the RN. This is not the first time that these demonstrations of force have targeted left-wing activists or cultural and political places in Lyon.
In Angers, a small group of nationalists armed with tear gas bombs sowed panic in a popular guinguette in the city. A person was injured.
Raja Ali Asghar, a senior member of the Pakistani political party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, in France, first came to Paris from Pakistan 35 years ago. “Immigrants living in France are worried about their future,” he told DW.”
Right-wing political parties have always had a particular view against immigrants,” he said. “In [a right-wing] government, the problems of immigrants will increase.
“He expressed concern that migrants would be put at a disadvantage when seeking employment and accessing social benefits.”I think that the problems of immigrants will increase in Europe next year,” he added.Satar Ali Suman, who immigrated from Bangladesh 24 years ago and operates several restaurants in Paris, agrees.
“Everybody knows that extreme right-wing political parties do not like immigrants, and especially Muslims,” he told DW. “Immigrants living in France are fearful about the coming days,” he added.The French social outreach organization Ghett’Up that works with young migrants in the working-class Paris neighborhoods also commented on the looming snap election. “We need to switch into combat mode”
Populist and far-right parties that promise to restore law and order may be the electoral beneficiaries of the anxiety generated by political violence.
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