They hope for "a large-scale political and social response". The France insoumise called on Monday to demonstrate on May 24 in Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (Loire-Atlantique) "against racism and for the continuation of the project of reception center for asylum seekers", supported by the mayor, who resigned after being targeted by an arson. The movement also considered, in a statement, that it was necessary to "denounce the inaction of the Macronist power against the extreme right and its violence".
The resignation of the mayor of Saint-Brévin les Pins, abandoned by the State in the face of attacks from the extreme right, calls for a political response commensurate with the stakes.
We will march on May 24 against the violence of the extreme right. https://t.co/2md3b5MG6Z
— Manuel Bompard (@mbompard) May 15, 2023
The mayor of Saint-Brevin Yannick Morez resigned on May 10, regretting a "lack of state support" after his home was burned down in March, in connection with the move, hotly contested, near a kindergarten, of a reception center for asylum seekers (CADA) existing since 2016 in this commune of Loire-Atlantique.
The resignation sparked a wave of outraged reactions last week. LFI spokeswoman Mathilde Panot had notably given "all (her) support to Yannick Morez, attacked, pushed to resign and leave Saint-Brevin by far-right thugs". "The government to absent subscribers. The state has failed," she added. "The mayor of Saint-Brévin-les-Pins is the symbol of a resignation. Unfortunately, I am not talking about his own, but about that of the State. I am talking about a political resignation, "had also commented the deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis, Clémentine Autain, on Twitter.
The "government has trivialized the far right"
"In Saint-Brevin or anywhere, the far right will not win," LFI chants. "The abandonment of the mayor of Saint-Brevin by the State, the lack of support from the Minister of the Interior to the CADA project as well as to the mayor attacked (...) is unbearable," the movement wrote. According to the rebels, "a large-scale political and social response is needed to roll back racism and far-right violence."
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The demonstration they are calling for is part of a more general context; they cite in particular the "neo-Nazi parade in the streets of Paris" on May 6 or the "revelation of a planned attack against the artist Medina, mosques, CRIF, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his meetings". The government, which has "trivialized the far right, by putting it on the same level as LFI and La Nupes, "bears a heavy responsibility for the rise of racist and xenophobic ideas," criticizes the movement.
The Socialist Party has also called for a symbolic march on May 24.