Is it true that in the north of Paris protesters staged a fire after the victory of the Ultra -righte in the first round of the parliamentary elections?

On June 30, 2024, after the announcement of the results of the first round of elections to the National Assembly of France, a video of a fire was dispersed on the Web. It was alleged that it was removed in the north of Paris - supposedly opponents of the ultra -right in this way expressed their protest against the victory of the “national association”. We decided to check if this fire is related to the election results.

On June 30, the first tour of the early parliamentary elections in France took place. At 20:00 local time, the ectic challenges began to arrive, according to which the ultra-right “national association” led by Marin Le Pen and Zhordan Bardell were a significant margin. The official results of the first round confirmed these data: the “National Association” gained 33.15%, the Bloc of the Left Parties “New Popular Front” - 27.99%, and the proceeding alliance “Together!” It remained the third with 20.76%. In some cities, including in Paris And LyonProtests began. That evening, a video began to be distributed on the Web, which stated, a fire arranged after the announcement of the results. Some publications clarified that the opponents of the ultra -right set fire to the market in the north of Paris. Among the Russian telegram channels that reported this,- Readovka (572,000 views at the time of writing of the analysis), "NE.SAHAR"(266 000),"Newsach / Dv"(244,000) and"Voblya • News"(144 000).

In the video, which was distributed on the evening of June 30, a low structure is burning. The video gained popularity after it was published in the X sympathetic to the ultra -right publication Frontières. The post (now remote) indicated that this is happening in Bobini, the northern suburb of the French capital. Then about the fire and its political subtext wrote Politician, former adviser Marin Le Pen Bruno Attal. He shared the publication of Frontières and accompanied it with the text: “Bobini's scum does not like democracy. Now we must give power to Zordan Bardell! "

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The news of the riots in Bobini looked plausible: this Parisian suburb is considered dysfunctional. In 2005 it was there Started The pogroms of stores, arson of cars and collisions with the police who did not subside for a week. Another A wave of riots was in Bobini in 2023.

Video dispersed on the evening of June 30, really filmed in this area, on the avenue Hôtel de Ville.

Photo: a screenshot of a viral video
Photo: Google Street View screenshot

According to the pictures on the Google Street View, taken in 2023, it is clear that there is a small wasteland in this place, and next to it are garbage tanks. Apparently, it was they who burned, and not the market, which is not in this part of the street.

The second discrepancy is too bright the sky on the video (preliminary election results, as mentioned above, were announced only in the evening, at 20:00 local time). In addition, the video is accompanied by the author’s office comment: the female voice says that this happens at 5 o’clock.

This was later confirmed by local authorities. Prefecture of the Seine Department-Saint-Denis reportedthat the fire occurred at 17:30 and has nothing to do with the reaction to the result of the parliamentary elections. According to data TV channel TF1, really garbage tanks lit up.

Thus, the fire in the suburbs of Paris is not connected with the reaction to the results of the first round of the parliamentary elections in France. It occurred 2.5 hours before the announcement of the ecsit regulations and cannot be considered a response to the results of the ultra-right. 

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