# Politics, LFI and Immigration Topic: [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots|France 2026 Student Protests and Riots]] · Related analysis: [[Users/@tomaspueyo/Post Analyses/Post Analysis - tomaspueyo on Why France Is in Chaos (2026-10-24)|Pueyo, claims 5–8]] ## LFI and the movement - **Lecornu (Senate, Oct 14):** the movement was "instrumentalisé au début" by LFI in Val-de-Marne (TF1 live). - LFI deputy [[Topics/France 2026 Student Protests and Riots/People/Clémence Guetté|Clémence Guetté]] was photographed with Créteil high schoolers on Oct 6 ⚠️ (Pueyo essay). - **Nuñez** blamed Poing levé, Révolution permanente and the ultra-left for inciting students. - **Security sources (franceinfo)** say LFI did not take part in the violence. They distinguish the *extrême gauche* (far left; LFI, within the republican field) from the *ultragauche* (ultra-left; about 5,000 people). Researchers Isabelle Sommier and Simon Boulouque reject the "alliance" framing ⚠️. - Le Monde (Oct 19) reported Mélenchon standing by his split with the rest of the political spectrum while under fire over the protests ⚠️ (headline only; page blocked). - Le Point reported on Al Jazeera and Islamist networks trying to amplify the protests ⚠️ (headline only; page blocked). ## La Jeune Garde - An ultra-left "antifascist" group dissolved by decree on June 12, 2025. The Conseil d'État upheld the dissolution, citing violence. - Co-founder Raphaël Arnault is an LFI deputy ⚠️ (widely reported; not re-checked here). ## The Muslim vote and LFI - **Ifop/La Croix, 2024 European elections:** **62% of Muslim voters** voted for the LFI list, with 41% turnout among Muslims. This is the share of Muslims voting LFI. - **Share of LFI voters who are Muslim:** no direct published figure was found. - Valeurs actuelles' "~50%" assumes Muslims are ~10% of voters ⚠️. - CEVIPOF/Ipsos (Apr 2024): Muslims were 2.6% of the registered-voter sample, 44% of them intending to vote LFI vs 8% overall. That implies ≈14% ⚠️ (my estimate). - Pueyo gives "20–60%" (post and essay) and "about a third" (elsewhere in the essay). ## Discrimination evidence - **DARES** name-based testing: candidates with North African-sounding names get fewer callbacks in hiring. - **Parcoursup:** - The Défenseur des droits (decision 2019-021) said the high school of origin must not be used to favor or exclude, and recommended anonymization. - An INSEE 2021 working paper found the platform barely changed segregation ⚠️. - No direct proof of ethnic discrimination in Parcoursup was found. - **Immigrant-background achievement gaps:** PISA 2022, as cited by Pueyo ⚠️ (not re-checked).