Incidents erupted Sunday evening in the center of Rennes, where several hundred people gathered at the announcement of the result of the first round of the presidential election, noted an AFP journalist and the media Actu Rennes.
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About 500 people, mostly young people, marched through the streets of the city center chanting anti-capitalist and anti-fascist slogans.
"The youth fucks national fascism, Le Pen fascist dynasty"
, or
"Pinault execution",
in allusion to the Breton businessman, could we read on the facades.
Destroyed street furniture
Street furniture was destroyed and windows of bank branches were damaged.
In a square in the city center, a fire was lit with construction equipment in particular, requiring the intervention of firefighters.
The presidential election on Sunday qualified outgoing President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the second round, with Jean-Luc Mélenchon placing himself in third position.