It led many observers to wonder why the police could respond so quickly to attempts to defend French communities, but not the rioters. Speaking to
Generation Identity activist
Martin Sellner (English starts at 24:00), the assistant to MEP and
Reconquête party vice-chair
Nicolas Bay,
Bastien Rondeau-Frimas noted the police had been instructed not to crack down on protests for fear of “escalation.”
“Of course a strong leader like Éric Zémmour could crush this very easily. The police have been ordered to not do that much because they “don’t want to add fuel to the fire”. The orders from the government are explicit: We don’t want you to fight this, we just want you to secure Hell. They believe if the cops would act, it would explode”, Frimas said.
French authorities are now cracking down on young patriots who dare fight back, Frimas said. “Today, the French police searched the homes of the young patriots in Angers, because they are apparently a danger to the state. In Lyon, a group of patriots protested the state’s inaction, and the police immediately moved to disperse them.”