Regardless of the way you have a look at it, 2023 was NOT an excellent yr for France. Historic protests in opposition to the tyrannical pension reform, widespread racial riots, unchecked mass migration, wars overseas, French colonial troops kicked out of Africa – and don’t even get us began with the bedbug infestation!
So, originally of an vital yr for the French Republic, President Emmanuel Macron tried to elevate the spirits of his countrymen and ladies as greatest he might.
He spoke in a TV handle earlier than the New 12 months celebrations. 90,000 police and 5,000 troopers have been deployed to make sure safety and handle the ‘very excessive’ terrorist menace.
Reuters reported:
“President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Sunday that 2024 would be the yr of French pleasure and hope, marked by the Paris 2024 Olympic Summer time Video games and the reopening of the Notre Dame cathedral after a devastating hearth in 2019.
‘Solely as soon as in a century does one host Olympic and Paralympic Video games, solely as soon as in a millennium does one rebuild a cathedral’, Macron stated. ‘2024, a yr of willpower, decisions, restoration, pleasure. The truth is, a yr of hope’.”
Will probably be tough to cheer up the French individuals, however on the very least the specter of terrorism was prevented, as over 800,000 individuals took to the Champs Elysees boulevard to greet the brand new yr in an enormous get together with the Olympics theme.
However as for offering safety, issues didn’t work out so nicely. And what’s extra regarding, the widespread vandalism is turning into completely normalized.
The Inside Minister went so far as celebrating that France ‘noticed fewer of the automotive burnings that often’ throughout the brand new yr celebrations.
Associated Press reported:
“The 380 arrests made nationwide in a single day was a ten% drop in contrast with a yr in the past, stated Gerald Darmanin, citing preliminary early morning figures.
Authorities counted 745 automobile fires, additionally 10% fewer than final yr, Darmanin stated.
About 40 cops suffered slight accidents, a 40% drop on final yr, he added.”
Over 700 automobiles destroyed in a single night time is NOT enterprise as common. However Macron’s train-wreck administration believes it’s.
Even with 90,000 legislation enforcement officers deployed, this example couldn’t be prevented.
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France Deploying 90,000 Soldiers and Police for New Year’s Eve, Citing ‘Very High’ Terror Threat
Though, 700 automobiles have been torched in 2024, that is a lot decrease than earlier years as The Gateway Pundit has beforehand reported.
In 2019, over 1,000 vehicles have been torched on New 12 months’s Eve.
in 2016, over 800 cars were torched to usher in the New 12 months.
in 2010, 1,137 cars were torched throughout New 12 months’s rioting.
And again in 2006, 425 cars were torched in France on New 12 months’s Eve.
