Mayhem and unrest has taken place across France after the results of the first round of voting in the French Election.
As France heads back to the polls in the coming days, shops are being boarded up and parts of the population are concerned at what chaos could ensue.
Following the first round of voting, rioters took to the streets after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party secured a large victory.
“These are the same people who raged against Donald Trump and his supporters when they stormed the Capitol, quite rightly. And yet they see nothing wrong now,” The Spectator author Gavin Mortimer told Sky News Digital Originals.
“This is the immorality of a section of the left who are so virtuous, they feel that they can do what they want if a vote doesn’t go their way.”
Chaos continues in France during the election season as rioting erupted in Paris after Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally won the first round with 33% of the votes, defeating Emmanuel Macron’s left-wing New Popular Front alliance, which secured 28%. Thousands of left-wing activists, joined by communists and Islamist groups, protested, leading to smashed shop windows and fireworks. Over 100 rioters were detained. Macron’s party accused the National Rally of seeking votes based on religious and ethnic identity and warned of potential civil strife.
Marine Le Pen: “We don’t demonstrate against the election results. It’s the extreme Left who are burning things and being violent. They intimidate their opponents, and that will stop.”
We need more politicians like her who don’t mince their words! 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/pPAtw2rAv5
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