French politicians have called for the cancellation of three anti‑foreign events scheduled to take place in Paris between 30 October and 1 November. The appeal was made by the French Communist Party (PCF) senator Ian Brossat, who shared a letter he had sent to Paris Police Prefect Patrice Faure via the social‑media platform X (formerly Twitter). In the letter, Brossat warned that the events would bring together far‑right, neo‑fascist figures and organisations and that they posed a risk of violence and could normalise racist and anti‑foreign ideology. He wrote that the consecutive nature of the events, the presence of neo‑Nazi activists and the history of violence linked to them could seriously threaten public order. The call for cancellation was joined by members of the La France Insoumise (LFI) parliamentary group. LFI MPs urged authorities to prevent the gatherings organised by anti‑foreign groups. Among the planned events are a book‑signing session expected to be attended by Martin Sellner, a member of the Identitarian Movement, tomorrow in Paris; a conference organised by the Polemia Foundation, which advocates the return of migrants to their countries of origin, scheduled for 31 October in the Paris suburb of Plessis‑Robinson; and a march by the “Target Reverse Migration” community on 1 November in the capital. The politicians’ letter and the LFI MPs’ appeal highlight concerns that the events could foster hate and incite violence, and they request that the French authorities cancel the gatherings.
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