A hundred far-right activists met Sunday evening, shortly before midnight, on the forecourt of the Lyon City Hall at the Place des Terreaux. "An ultra-right group tried tonight a communication operation in front of the town hall of Lyon. Thanks to the intervention of the National Police, their action was immediately prevented, "said the prefecture of the Rhône on Twitter.
According to several videos published on social networks, these demonstrators arrived from Old Lyon, where the small group Les Remparts, born after the dissolution of Generation Identity, to its neighborhoods.
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Mobilization of Lyon's youth against thugs and aggressions, "said the small group on its various social networks. Slogans "we are at home" and "France to the French" were chanted during the gathering, quickly dispersed by the police. "Only seconds after their arrival, the hostile individuals were pushed back by the use of tear gas and then continued until total dispersal," said the services of the State.
In Angers, an investigation was opened by the public prosecutor after two demonstrations in the street of members of the extreme right, armed (among others) with baseball bats.