Mediapart
A French online investigative newspaper founded in 2007. After the riots it reported that an intelligence officer was asked to write that LFI was behind the movement.
Mediapart is a French daily published only online. It was founded in 2007 by journalists including Edwy Plenel and has been run by Carine Fouteau since 2024.
It reported on October 19 that a police officer in the territorial intelligence service (renseignement territorial) said superiors had asked him to write that "LFI is behind this movement," which he considered untrue. The interior minister and the prime minister both denied giving any such instruction.
Sources
- Mediapart (Wikipedia (French), accessed 2026-10-22)
- "Bouc émissaire", "scandale d'Etat"... le bras de fer entre le gouvernement et LFI (franceinfo, accessed 2026-10-22)
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