The monument in memory of Marshal Juin was vandalized with mass and iron bar, Saturday, Place d'Italie, by thugs on the sidelines of the demonstration of "yellow vests". On Europe 1, the Secretary of State to the Minister of Armies, Geneviève Darrieussecq, denounced an act that "undermines the common national memory".

REACTION

For the first anniversary of the "yellow vests" in Paris, rioters have wreaked havoc Place d'Italie, Saturday. They took the opportunity to attack the monument in memory of Marshal June, which was partially destroyed by mass and iron bar. The debris then served as projectiles against the police. At the microphone of Europe 1, Geneviève Darrieussecq, the Secretary of State to the Minister of the Armed, is indignant and asks for a "severe sentence" for the authors of the act.

Disgusted and scandalized by this new degradation of the symbols of our National Memory.
Marshal Juin and all his soldiers fought Nazism and fought for our freedom.
No cause justifies such acts, none. https://t.co/YB1AQpUOzX

- Geneviève Darrieussecq (@gdarrieussecq) November 16, 2019

Individuals that Genevieve Darrieussecq considers "completely outside the Republic" and deplores a blow to the history of France and the values ​​of the Republic, for the Secretary of State. "Once again, it is our common national memory that is sacked and scorned by rogue individuals," she denounces.

A monument in memory of the Italian campaign

The former mayor of Mont-de-Marsan also recalls that this monument in honor of Marshal June commemorates the Italian campaign, with "a very diverse army whose soldiers died for the Republic and to fight against Nazism ".

For the anniversary of the first demonstration of "yellow vests", 147 people were arrested Saturday in Paris. 129 of them were placed in custody, said the Paris prosecutor.