Max Bauer: "When the strategy of chaos attacks the Republic"!
For Max Bauer, former president of Coordination Rurale du Var, a strategy of chaos weakens the Republic.
Max Bauer, former president of Coordination Rurale du Var, denounces a strategy of chaos weakening the Republic during recent mobilizations.
A mobilization can be legitimate. But when marches turn into arson, looting, and clashes, the issue becomes political.
The image of an ungovernable country
Who calls for mobilization? Who lets people believe that pressure from the street can replace voting and debate? Jean-Luc Mélenchon and La France insoumise cannot settle for merely condemning rioters when they have contributed, through their rhetoric and strategy, to making confrontation a method of action.
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In Limoges, the Town Hall burned. In Marseille, the Town Hall was stormed and ransacked, the symbol of Marianne brought down. In Gironde, the prefette's residence was vandalized... It is not just buildings being attacked, it is the Republic!
The toll is heavy: over 2,000 arrests, more than 1,000 injured among police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters, looted shops, and damaged public buildings.
These images of urban warfare erase social demands and fuel, abroad, the image of an ungovernable country. The cost is paid by those who asked for nothing. Shopkeepers and artisans suffer closures, loss of revenue, and damage. Insurance compensates, but the bill always returns in premium increases and costs for the French people.
The Republic will not step back
The response must be clear, strong, and unambiguous across the entire territory. Those who destroyed will pay, those who looted will reimburse. The Republic will not step back. Prefets, along with mayors, will protect our towns and public buildings, going as far as banning dangerous gatherings.
One may regret the lack of substance in the presidential speech. Time is of the essence, France is sinking into chaos. Some dream of a May '68 rerun; beware, this is not the same era, legitimate demands are being taken hostage by barbaric behaviors.
France needs unreserved law enforcement support and firm, swift, equal justice for all. The president must guarantee this authority without interfering in the elections taking place in six months; democracy expresses itself through respectful, free, and fair debates.
The ballot box must restore to France a peaceful, united, and patriotic country.
Article from the print edition of La Gazette du Var