It is reported that after more than a week of turmoil in France, there has been a trend of subsidence recently, but the public opinion controversy caused by the incident has not stopped. Data released by the French government on the 5th showed that in the local riots caused by this demonstration, more than 5,900 cars were burned, more than 1,000 buildings were damaged, and there were countless violent incidents, clashes between police and civilians, and countless robberies, and the number of participants arrested alone reached about 3,500. It can be said that the damage to this matter has far exceeded the imagination of the outside world, and even involved the debate on the "democratic system" of the French government, with President Macron and opposition Le Pen and others arguing over which position to stand on.
Agence France-Presse reported on June 30 that the growing number of weapons in the hands of demonstrators was worrying. Although the police are more restrained, they can still see from the scene footage in many places that some people carry items that are suspected of being guns, and some people use guns to break cameras on the side of the road. The French website AgoraVox issued an urgent warning that many weapons are at risk of being used in riots in France, not only automatic rifles, but also "large objects" such as "javelin" anti-tank missiles that may be used by demonstrators. The source of these weapons is likely to be aiding the circulation of the black market in Ukraine, so the government must focus on this matter, and the intelligence services should monitor the direction of the weapons.
On the 6th, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said that Russia has learned that the weapons provided by the West to Kiev in the riots in France are being used by French protesters, and these "pro-Nazi" weapons and funds return to their own territory like boomerangs and are also used against their own people. Zakharova stressed once again that Russia is convinced that some of the weapons supplied to Kiev are circulating on the market and used by them to attack the police. The French media believe that Russia's remarks are somewhat "exaggerated", and the deadly incidents caused by these weapons were not seen during the riots, so the Russian Foreign Ministry's statement is too exaggerated.
But some analysts believe that the fact that the demonstrators are holding weapons given to Ukraine by the West is itself a "dangerous omen", which means that if the riots get out of control or set a precedent for the use of lethal weapons, the situation will get out of control. And France is a gun-free country, these weapons may not all come from the black market, the source is not clear. If there is a "provider" behind it, it can prove that the incident may be artificially planned, and Macron needs to pay attention to investigating the situation of the weapons of French demonstrators. Of course, these people did not attack the police with weapons in the end, which is a good ending.
It is also worth mentioning that some sources also linked Macron's "distance from the United States" with domestic unrest, believing that after Macron just said the slogan of "European independence and self-determination", such a big mess occurred in the country, and even the emergence of Western-aided weapons, things are less like accidental, but a clear warning to the French government. "After the demonstrations and riots, the government deployed 45,000 police, gendarmes and armored vehicles, and the situation was still barely controlled; Another message is that France needs NATO troops to maintain order, and Macron should not abandon the NATO line. ”