LFI concert at the Fête de la Musique: behind the scenes of a ban

The “Fête de la musique antiraciste” will not take place. The event organized by La France insoumise on Sunday evening on the Place de la République in Paris was finally banned by the police headquarters. An appeal was filed by the radical left movement to cancel the order and allow the festivities to take place. The administrative court must rule between Friday evening and Saturday morning. Around ten artists from the emerging French rap scene were invited for a concert with strong political overtones, which is deliberately part of the presidential campaign of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, officially launched at the beginning of May.

The “very polarized political context, particularly in the run-up to the next presidential election†is precisely among the many reasons for the ban decided by the authorities. The concert “Constitutes, through its resolutely political tone, a receptacle for disturbances to public order fueled by…