- cross-posted to:
- France@europe.pub
- cross-posted to:
- France@europe.pub
Ahead of the May Day protests in Paris, expected to draw around 15,000 participants, French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced on the CNews channel on Wednesday that he has initiated the dissolution of Urgence Palestine.
The Palestine Emergency Collective (Urgence Palestine) is a broad coalition comprising citizens, trade unions, political movements, and associations advocating for Palestinian self-determination.
Retailleau justified the move by claiming it was necessary to “hit the Islamists,” saying that Islamism is a political ideology that seeks to exploit Islam for power, representing a distortion of Islam’s true spiritual teachings.
The French state has a documented history of using group dissolution as a legal tool against Palestine advocacy.
We’ll wait until they get cold feet just like how a French always does.
on va surtout attendre que retailleau se barre du gouvernement, idéalement après avoir perdu son congrès
mi dispiace, non ho conosciuto la tua situazione. buona fortuna per il tuo futuro.
basically, Retailleau is in the government thanks to a pseudo coalition between his party and other parties (mostly right wing). He is also challenging the leadership of his party from the current leader, Laurent Wauquiez, with the 2027 election ballot in the balance. So atm he’s trying his best to rile up the rightmost voters as much as he can with every speechs and official acts.
that being said, the rest of the government is also a shitshow rn