France’s government has ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes.

PARIS (AP) — France’s government on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in support for political extremes.

Snap national elections called by pro-business moderate President Emmanuel Macron have plunged the country into a hasty and disorderly electoral race, in which hate speech is becoming a growing concern.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday that the government ordered the shutdown of several groups peddling extremist hatred. A series of decrees announcing the shutdown outlined investigations into the groups and said they posed risks of violence.

The groups affected include GUD, known for violence and antisemitism. Its members have supported far-right political leader Marine Le Pen in the past.

Le Pen’s National Rally party is leading all polls ahead of the two-round elections, June 30 and July 7, while Macron’s centrist alliance is lagging far behind. However, the outcome remains highly uncertain due to the complex, two-stage voting system and potential political alliances.

  • flamingos-cantEnglish
    22·
    4 months ago

    What groups from the left? The article doesn’t mention any left-wing groups that were ordered to dissolve.

    • Akasazh@feddit.nlEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      Unfortunately the French left wing is so divided on ideological grounds that they put themselves out of any electoral range

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      419·
      4 months ago

      they’re called the “radical muslim groups” in the article; along the same vein that people protesting the genocide are “antisemitic”

      • flamingos-cantEnglish
        181·
        4 months ago

        The only Muslim group mentioned is hardly left-wing:

        Another decree targeted a group called Jonas Paris, which it said claims to support France’s Muslim community but instead promotes violence, hate and discrimination toward non-Muslims, women and LGBTQ+ people.

        Also, the antisemitism talked about in the article is genuine hatred of Jewish people, not just anti-Israel rhetoric.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlEnglish
          210·
          4 months ago

          Also, the antisemitism talked about in the article is genuine hatred of Jewish people, not just anti-Israel rhetoric.

          i was referring to the american version of the anti-isreal rhetoric; there’s a bill in congress that will enable labeling anti-genocide protestors as antisemitic and will give our government the ability to treat them as a hate group as was done in france with the radical islamic group thing.

          jonas paris is the example used to justify the labeling like fox news shows stock footage of gang violence to activate their base or democrats pointing to project 2025 to activate theirs.