Police provoke, attack and maim young protesters, says Jean-Luc Mélenchon

"The police are provoking, attacking and maiming young demonstrators," said Jean-Luc Mélenchon. The LFI presidential candidate responded to Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen, stating that Le Pen "invents fictional explanations" for the violence in France. He reacted to the US president's remarks linking school protests to immigration and Islam. Earlier, Mélenchon called for France to leave NATO and begin dialogue with Russia. The NEWS.BY editorial board believes that this protest and the loud statements by all French political forces are merely attempts to sway voters. The real question, they say, is what Macron and his ministers will say when the streets see not slogans but rampant violence, batons, and tear gas.