Bordeaux: Masked militants, armed with iron bars, disrupted the conference of two LFI deputies

Violence Thirty people shouting racist slogans tried to enter Bordeaux Montaigne University on Wednesday evening

Louis Boyard, LFI NUPES deputy during the rally in support of Carlos Martens Bilongo, LFI deputy taken to task — ISA HARSIN

This Wednesday evening, the B400 amphitheater was packed. About 400 students came to participate in the an organized debate on the theme “What future for young people and the university?” to the university of Bordeaux Montaigne. Two LFI deputies who have recently come to the fore in the media were invited to discuss with the students: Louis Boyard taken at party on the set of Cyril Hanouna and Carlos Martens Bilongo, interrupted at agrave; the National Assembly by the deputy; Girondin of RN Grégoire de Fournas.

Thirty hooded individuals armed with iron bars tumbled down the street. to try to disrupt the meeting, throwing racist slogans, but they were held outside the amphitheater thanks to the order service put in place by LFI. Four members of this security service were arrested. slightly injured.

30 militants d’extrême droite viennent d’attaquer notre conférence à Bordeaux avec @BilongoCarlos.

Armés de matraques, ils ont tenté d’entrer dans la salle pour nous agresser.

Merci au SO qui les a heureusement repoussé.@GDarmanin, dissolvez les groupes d’extrême droite. pic.twitter.com/nWURnrTCzj

— Louis Boyard (@LouisBoyard) December 7, 2022

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A play, also victims of far-right protesters

In a press release, the university de Bordeaux Montaigne explains that after this episode, this same group tried to to intimidate the organizers and spectators of a play which was held in a nearby place, still on the university site. “The police intervened to disperse the agitators. The conference and the show were nevertheless able to take place and end at at the scheduled time,” the statement concludes. The two deputies were exfiltrated without difficulty, under police surveillance.

They arrested Gérald Darmanin on Twitter, asking him to disband far-right groups.