The far-right's anniversary day contained in the streets and pressured in the bank books
Paris police arrested 59 ultraright and ultraleft activists, with 32 placed in custody for carrying telescopic batons and knives, after the administrative court upheld the prefecture's ban on the Comité du 9-Mai march and its antifascist counter-rally; Place de la République hosted Europe Day instead. RN MEP Matthieu Valet said the party is still struggling to secure the €10.5 million bank loan needed for 2027, demanded Macron deliver the long-promised banque de la démocratie, and dismissed the European Public Prosecutor's RN-funds inquiry as fake news.
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Paris police arrest 59 in clashes after court upholds ban on far-right May 9 march and antifascist counter-rally
Paris police arrested 59 far-right and far-left activists across central Paris on May 9 after the Paris administrative court upheld the prefecture's ban on the Comité du 9-Mai's annual ultranationalist march and an antifascist counter-rally. The prefecture said 32 of those detained were placed in custody for membership of a group preparing violence and for carrying prohibited weapons — including telescopic batons and knives — during dispersal operations at République, Pyramides, Saint-Michel and Montparnasse.
RN MEP Valet says party is still struggling to secure €10.5 million bank loan for presidential campaign
Rassemblement National MEP Matthieu Valet told franceinfo on May 9 that the party is still struggling to obtain a €10.5 million bank loan to finance Marine Le Pen or Jordan Bardella's presidential bid, despite polling at 35 percent. He pressed Emmanuel Macron to deliver the "banque de la démocratie" promised a decade ago, accused his Algeria diplomacy of yielding nothing on the detained journalist Christophe Glaze, and dismissed a European Public Prosecutor inquiry into the RN's use of EU funds for Bardella media training as a politically motivated "fake news" attack.
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fr18Professor at Assas University Reported for Nazi Salutes During Lecture
A political communication professor at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University mimicked Nazi salutes during a class on the Nuremberg rallies. He was reported to the university's alert unit RéagirAssas. While denying any ideological adherence, he defends his actions as pedagogical freedom, igniting a debate on teaching methods.
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Professor at Assas University Reported for Nazi Salutes During Lecture
A political communication professor at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University mimicked Nazi salutes during a class on the Nuremberg rallies. He was reported to the university's alert unit RéagirAssas. While denying any ideological adherence, he defends his actions as pedagogical freedom, igniting a debate on teaching methods.
A political communication professor at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University mimicked Nazi salutes during a class on the Nuremberg rallies. He was reported to the university's alert unit RéagirAssas. While denying any ideological adherence, he defends his actions as pedagogical freedom, igniting a debate on teaching methods.