Florian Philippot is the president of the Les Patriotes party.
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“I will be this Friday February 26 at 2 pm in Nice, place du Palais de Justice”.
In a video posted on YouTube, Florian Philippot, founder of the Patriots party, calls for an “anti-containment” demonstration and “resistance” in the “epicenter of covidist madness”.
"I wanted to go and support the resistance fighters in Nice and the resistance fighters in the Alpes-Maritimes, a few hours before the start of confinement at the weekend," continues the former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen.
Screenshot of Florian Philippot's Twitter account.
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An initiative that directly opposes the latest measures decided by the state services.
Faced with an increase in incidence rates in the department, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes Bernard Gonzalez announced new restrictions on Monday noon including, in particular, localized confinement for the next two weekends.
A measure "decided by docile barons and covidists" that the leader of the Patriots qualifies as "dress rehearsal for all of France".
Last week, Florian Philippot also launched a petition "for the end of the curfew and the reopening of everything."
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Nine demonstrators line up in front of the Nice town hall to protest against the new restrictions
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"It will be useless" for some, new "hard blow" for others, the reactions to the new restrictions in the Alpes-Maritimes
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