French secret services are predicting riots and even attacks on state institutions due to “radical Islam”, the Interior Minister said. Far-right attacks are not excluded.
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The French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, stated this Tuesday that he foresees riots on the days of the early legislative elections, June 30 and July 7, suggesting that they could come mainly from “radical Islam.”
“The information from the secret services refers to possible disturbances of public order on June 30 and, above all, on July 7,” revealed the French Minister of the Interior in an interview with the CNews television network.
Darmanin said that there are “many agitators in France” and that the government believes that these disturbances of public order will come mainly from “radical Islamism”, but does not exclude “threats” from the extreme right and the radical left, although he considers that these groups are “a minority” but “dangerous”.
“We are preparing for this,” the minister said, indicating that will request a security meeting on Wednesday, Due to the probabilities that, In addition to riots, there are also attacks on state institutions..
“It is not protests, it is not force, it is not punches that make democracy. They are the French,” highlighted the Minister of the Interior.
The French will vote next Sunday in the first round of the legislative elections, called in advance by the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, after the poor results of his party in the European elections, won by the far-right French National Union party. (RN). , its acronym in French).
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According to the polls, this will also be the main option of French citizens, the RN, with more than 35% of the voting intention, followed by the left-wing coalition Nova Popular Front, with 29%, and, in third place, It will be the Renaissance, Macron’s party, with around 20%.
Source: Observadora
