French PM accused of recycling far-right ideas in youth violence crackdown


by The Guardian

The Guardian— Gabriel Attal says state needs ‘real surge of authority’ in speech in Viry-Châtillon, where 15-year-old killedThe French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, is facing criticism for his proposed crackdown on teenage violence in and around schools, after he said some teenagers in France were “addicted to violence”, just as the government seeks to reclaim ground on security issues from the far right before European elections.In his speech in Viry-Châtillon, a town south of Paris where a 15-year-old boy...

The Guardian—PM brushes off accusation he lied about speaking arrangements at violence against women rally. Anthony Albanese told Channel Nine he was happy whether or not he spoke and blamed the situation on an ‘emotional’ day and issueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has brushed off the claim by an organiser of rallies against gendered violence that he lied about being asked not to speak, blaming it on an “emotional” day and issue.Albanese told Channel Nine’s Today Program that he “was happy...

www.khaama.com—French teen killed by Afghan citizen; far-right criticizes immigration policy. Following the killing of a French teenager by an Afghan migrant in the city of Châteauroux, some far-right figures in France expressed concerns about the increasing number of criminal migrants in the country. These politicians attribute the rise in crime to lax immigration policies and harshly criticize them. Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right […]

TheJournal.ie—Mount Street protesters take aim at Helen McEntee for ‘recycling far-right rhetoric’. The small protest featured banners from United Against Racism, People Before Profit, and Industrial Workers of the World.