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French election candidate called Algerians 'people of cockroaches' in posts

A municipal election candidate in Saint-Raphaël posted tweets and comments calling Algerians a 'people of cockroaches' and other racist messages targeting Algerians and North Africans, later deleting them.

  • Saint-Raphaël, France
  • Mar 6, 2026
  • Severity 1 of 5 — Discriminatory speech or policy

Source

  1. tsa-algerie.com/france-un-senateur-denonce-des-propos-dune-gravite-extreme-contre-les-algeriens/
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