As in previous mobilizations, she pounded the pavement alongside thousands of demonstrators. Socialist mayor of Rennes, Nathalie Appéré was present on Tuesday in the parade against the pension reform. A new round which was once again peppered with violence in the Breton capital with violent clashes between the police and several hundred radical individuals throughout the day. “Exactions” immediately condemned “with the greatest firmness” by the opposition group Révéler Rennes (Renaissance), addressing its “solidarity towards our police officers, traders and residents, the first victims of these clashes orchestrated by anarchist currents and very organized extreme left. »
The elected Macronists do not stop there since they also accuse the mayor of Rennes and her Nupes allies of “complicity with the thugs. “According to them,” the place of a mayor is not in a demonstration to take selfies alongside those who shout “Everyone hates the police”, they assure. Its role is to take all measures to prevent breaches of public order and to allow residents of Rennes to move around safely in our city. »
“Despicable attacks”, according to the municipal majority
This violent attack knocked out the various groups of the municipal majority. “The outrageous expressions of the head of the Révéler Rennes group must stop”, they condemn in a joint press release, considering that “the republican commitment of the majority, and first and foremost of their mayor, makes these despicable attacks incomprehensible. »
The Rennes left even accuses Carole Gandon, leader of Révéler Rennes, of playing “the game of those who fuel the rejection of democratic parties” by “combining the convictions defended by the municipal majority with violence and highly condemnable damage , and systematically condemned, groups of thugs. “After this pass of arms by interposed press releases, the atmosphere promises to be electric Monday evening during the meeting of the municipal council.