Emmanuel Grégoire

So Emmanuel Macron, though, like I said, finds himself tonight at the town hall in Trap, trying to find out what's going on here.

But the French presidential palace, you know, in the past hour or so, has actually labeled this what it calls a racist terrorist act, specifically putting the tag racism on there because, according to the mayor of the town, one of the people, the person who was killed was African in origin, and one of the injured was of North African origin, yet to be corroborated, confirmed by the prosecutors.

Yes.

But it's significant coming in a week where we've heard a lot of rhetoric being ramped up of a racist nature, often targeting North Africans and Africans and more broadly Muslims and Islam.

Within two hours, French elite police units were sent in after the official home of the government's local representative was ransacked.

By 5pm in Paris, police stated they were now facing, quote, "...far-left anarchist groups, plus confronting opportunistic rioters." The clashes, violence, pillaging playing out on social media feeds too.

The mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, said by the evening the street-by-street looting had, quote, become methodical.

3,000 shops ransacked across the country.

No.

So one of the very first things that Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said after the fire was, we will rebuild and we will find a place for these purveyors to continue to work while the rebuilding is happening, because let's be honest, this is not a question of months.

This is a question of years.

You know, and that is one thing about the safety net here is, you know, we pay our taxes for it and, and then it shows up in times like this, even like in the pandemic, you know, restaurants, restaurants didn't go out of business in the pandemic.

You've got lots of mayors and other prominent local politicians.

You've got, say, Emmanuel Grégoire, the socialist mayor of Paris, who strongly condemned looting and property destruction.

And it's very interesting how...

The structure of the state integrates all of these people who, if they were on the outside, they'd be calling for more.

In Paris, cars were burnt and shops were looted.

Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire said that the streets of Paris had been devastated.

In Lyon, the tourist office was set on fire.

In Limoges, the Hôtel de Ville, or City Hall, was largely destroyed by a fire, with its 19th century bell tower and roof collapsing.

So perhaps it is too early at this moment to say how the listed status of the building will shape the renovation work.

Two days later, the mayor of Paris, Emmanuel Grégoire said on social media that the city stood with traders and residents and vowed to rebuild Enfant Rouge.

He thanked the Fondation des Patrimoins for launching a fundraising drive with the city's support.

The foundation has opened an emergency subscription and says the city will carry out both the urgent and the longer-term works.

But she got reelected.

And also Emmanuel Gregoire, who's taken over now as mayor, he's kind of from the same party following.

He's not unpacking what she did.

And it's also interesting when you think, you know, I wondered how much she was being paid.

Por si no sabían, hay un desmadrote ahorita en Francia porque los estudiantes llevan días manifestándose por la situación del sistema de educación del país, que la neta sí está cada vez peor.

Este carnal, militante de la izquierda radical francesa, decidió que las protestas de estudiantes en París eran el escenario perfecto para grabar su propio vídeo de campagne en vivo que lo llevará, si todo le sale bien, a destronar a Emmanuel Grégoire en las siguientes elecciones por el gobierno parisino.

Es hermosa la izquierda.

Desalojo permanente.