If anyone was in any doubt about who is fueling street terrorism in France, it was a little clearer yesterday.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9lenchon refuses to call for calm<\/big><\/p>\n In a television interview broadcast this Sunday (can be seen here<\/a>), the communist Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon, leader of La France insoumise<\/strong> (one of the most pro-Russian parties in France<\/a> and a member of the far-left Spanish parties Podemos, Izquierda Unida and EH Bildu<\/strong>, in which he coincides in the Confederal Group of the European United Left), refused to call for calm<\/a> as groups of North Africans, sub-Saharan Africans and left-wing extremists continue to torch French streets. M\u00e9lenchon spoke of \"social mistreatment\" and \"police mistreatment\" of \"certain populations\" and did not condemn the violence<\/strong>, an attitude for which he has been widely criticized in recent days in France.<\/p>\n The communist deputy speaks of \"class struggle\" and blames \"the rich\"<\/big><\/p>\n On Twitter, the communist deputy shared some fragments of the interview in which he includes some of his statements <\/a>: \"We live in a form of class warfare: the poor rebel and the rich despise them<\/strong>\"<\/em>, he said to explain things like the fire in a library in Marseille<\/a>, burned private cars, looted shops and other images that have been seen in recent days in that country. Let us remember that these violent young people live in a country with all kinds of comforts, rights and public services<\/strong>, and often receive public subsidies paid by the rest of the taxpayers.<\/p>\n A speech that pushes many left-wing voters to support Le Pen<\/big><\/p>\n M\u00e9lenchon insisted on his demagogic discourse and that he blames \"the rich\" for what is happening: \"The rich, the powerful, have gone mad.<\/strong> They want to live apart from the \"harmful\" as their police say, keep them at a distance, control them. The rich no longer want to live with others.<\/strong> They have their barracks entrenched, their means of transportation, their hospitals.\"<\/em> Let's remember that massive immigration It especially affects the poorest neighborhoods. Speeches such as M\u00e9lenchon's are making<\/strong> many left-wing voters support Marine Le Pen's party<\/a>, which calls for policies of stricter immigration.<\/p>\n The solution of the M\u00e9lenchon party: dissolve the Police Anti-Crime Brigade<\/big><\/p>\n With his attitude, M\u00e9lenchon is not only encouraging violence, but is also doing so for political purposes<\/strong>. Last Friday, La France Insoumise published a statement<\/a> stating that France is experiencing \"a movement of revolt in many cities of the country, which urgently demands a political response\"<\/em>. The far-left party did not make any criticism of the violent ones<\/strong> and blamed these serious events on \"racism, police violence or discrimination in access to employment or housing.\"<\/em> M\u00e9lenchon's party focuses on criticizing the Police and even calls for the dissolution of the BAC (Anti-Crime Brigade) <\/strong>, a rapid response police unit in the event of a terrorist attack.<\/p>\n M\u00e9lenchon's Spanish associates and their attitude towards violence<\/big><\/p>\n This type of attitude is not something isolated or exceptional among the extreme left. In Spain, Podemos and Izquierda Unida<\/strong>, two of M\u00e9lenchon's Spanish partners, promoted serious riots in 2014 in Burgos<\/a>, which left images very similar to those being seen now in France, with barricades and vehicle fires. His support for violence has not been limited to that: already from the government of Spain<\/strong>, Podemos has come to justify attacks against political rivals<\/a>, specifically against members of Vox, democratic party against which Pablo Iglesias, then leader of Podemos, launched an \"anti-fascist alert\"<\/a>, which was the beginning of a wave of violence against Vox affiliates and headquarters throughout Spain.<\/p>\n
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