France will never again be able to sleep in peace. It will tremble at the time when the anger of its citizens, of its young… not genuine French people, easily organized on social media, will once again set fire to its streets, causing human losses, economic destruction, social unrest.
Whatever the next occasion, another overzealous police officer in the line of duty or a government reform that directly and exclusively affects the lower incomes, the failure to address the root causes of the real problem, namely class struggle, has shrunk Emmanuel Macron and magnifies Marine Le Pen, they are writing terrible and terrible scenarios for the future of French democracy.
The clock is already counting down for the next crisis and the government planning ahead of Bastille Day next Friday, banning the sale, possession and transport of fireworks, what do the French citizens themselves believe, fear and hope for?
Security cameras everywhere
This proves starkly that against the one in five young people aged 18-24 who say they have no confidence in the police, according to a recent poll by the Ifor Institute, stand all those who responded to the controversial police shooting auction fatally the victim of Algerian origin who up to this time have reached 1.6 million euros.
There is strong resentment and ongoing hostility in the areas where French people of different racial and ethnic origins live – deeply anti-social behaviour. Many French people believe that there is structural inequality in France and that this [assassination] was the final straw. The unfortunate event caused a disproportionate reaction, which was also triggered by far-right elements.
Two-speed justice
People from these neighborhoods, especially the younger ones among them, are so angry. Trust has been lost and the situation has worsened in recent years.
Most of the students in these neighborhoods are descendants of immigrants or immigrants themselves.. They don’t believe in French justice anymore. They see it as two-speed: too slow and lenient for the rich and powerful, fast and hard for the poor and not French enough of this country. For these people, violence is the only way to give it equal value.
One child died. The police kill, the police are racist and the politicians don’t recognize it. The French are angry and have every right and reason to stay angry, he sums up the events that have once again turned France upside down.
