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Overview
- Her set was stopped after about twenty minutes on Saturday, July 18, when pro‑Palestinian protesters, including members of the Grenoble branch of La France insoumise, disrupted the Cabaret Frappé festival performance.
- The city of Grenoble says bottles and other projectiles were thrown and some electrical installations were sabotaged, while LFI representatives who took part say the action was peaceful and deny projectiles were used.
- The Grenoble public prosecutor has opened an investigation for 'délit d’entrave concertée aux libertés' and the municipality has announced it will file a complaint, while Barbara Butch says she will lodge her own legal claims and intends to return to performing.
- Senior politicians and civil-society groups condemned the interruption, with the interior minister calling it unacceptable and critics using the episode to attack LFI, while cultural figures warned against turning programming into ideological gatekeeping.
- The dispute traces to the artist's earlier support for the contested Yadan proposal, withdrawn in spring, and the boycott over that support has exposed widening rifts on the left over protest tactics and the limits of cultural freedom.