{"id":1435431,"date":"2022-04-13T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435431"},"modified":"2022-04-13T12:50:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:50:12","slug":"investigation-opened-after-500-french-far-left-extremists-riot-after-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/investigation-opened-after-500-french-far-left-extremists-riot-after-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation Opened After 500 French Far-Left Extremists Riot After Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finvestigation-opened-after-500-french-far-left-extremists-riot-after-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1320342696-e1649787919932-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The prosecutor\u2019s office in the French city of Rennes has opened an investigation following a riot involving hundreds of people that took place after the first round of the French presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Around 500 people took part in the rioting, which took place in the city centre of Rennes on Sunday evening following the end of voting for the first round of the French presidential election that saw President Emmanuel Macron and populist Marine Le Pen advance to the second round run-off vote.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The mob are said to have smashed the windows of local shops, smashed bus shelters and the storefronts of local banks, as well as spraypainted far-left extremist graffiti calling to \u201cburn the right\u201d and demanding \u201csocial war,\u201d broadcaster Europe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europe1.fr\/politique\/presidentielle-une-enquete-ouverte-apres-les-violences-a-rennes-4105108\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rennes is largely known as a left-wing city and has a socialist mayor. Far-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon came first in the presidential\u00a0vote in the city followed by Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, who scored just 7.29 per cent of the vote, far below her national average.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Macron and Le Pen Both Improve Vote Shares in First Round, Presidential Decider in Two Weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OaDenrt26T\">https:\/\/t.co\/OaDenrt26T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1513466726243086336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn five years, Macron has broken everything and there he is back in the second round\u2026 We don\u2019t care about rage and we only have that to express ourselves: fire and break stuff,\u201d a protestor said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need measures that correspond to what people want and not just an upper class that imposes without arguments\u2026 And to play into the hands of the far-right in every round of elections, it doesn\u2019t work anymore and people don\u2019t want that anymore,\u201d another protestor, named Roxane, added.<\/p>\n<p>Rennes was not the only city to see protests following the announcement of the results of the first round of the election. in Lyon, several hundred people, including far-left Antifa extremists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfmtv.com\/politique\/elections\/presidentielle\/presidentielle-rennes-paris-lyon-des-rassemblements-apres-l-annonce-des-resultats_AD-202204100510.html\">rioted<\/a> causing property damage, throwing projectiles and fireworks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People demonstrated on Sunday in the centre of the French city <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rennes?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rennes<\/a> following the announcement of the result of the first round of the presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>Street furniture was destroyed and the windows of banks were damaged. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/France2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#France2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J9likLMt54\">pic.twitter.com\/J9likLMt54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NoComment (@nocomment) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nocomment\/status\/1513501408515006464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police deployed tear gas to deal with the rioting after some of the rioters managed to force their way into the city hall and broke windows and furniture inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>The incident in Lyon comes just weeks after the French government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/01\/french-govt-dissolves-far-left-extremist-antifa-group-in-lyon\/\">dissolved an Antifa group<\/a> in Lyon over members\u2019 calls for violence against police and other acts of violence caused by the group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have adopted the dissolution of the de facto group known as the anti-fascist group Lyon and surroundings known for its violent actions, its calls to hatred and its virulent and incessant incitement to attack our police forces,\u201d French government spokesman\u00a0Gabriel Attal said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French Govt Dissolves Far-Left Extremist Antifa Group in Lyon<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xblNgyabUA\">https:\/\/t.co\/xblNgyabUA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1509923554883629064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" 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