Overview

• Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau secured a Conseil des Ministres decree on June 12 to disband La Jeune Garde and Lyon Populaire.
• Retailleau justified the move by accusing both groups of violent provocations and past assaults against individuals.
• The decree to dissolve Urgence Palestine was not presented and remains under examination by the government.
• Jean-Luc Mélenchon and other left-wing figures condemned the action as politically motivated and warned it undermines freedom of association.
• Raphaël Arnault, founder of La Jeune Garde, will seek a ruling from the Conseil d’État to annul the dissolution.