Bally Bagayoko

French politician

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We must withdraw the use of rubber bullets and... aim for zero injured students. That will allow us to de-escalate,
They say, ‘We’re giving you 45 million,
It has become a lot easier for racist views to be expressed … and unfortunately racist comments are becoming trivialised,
  • said Bally Bagayoko, 52, in his office at Saint-Denis town hall outside Paris, where he was recently elected mayor for the radical left
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After Bagayoko’s strong first-round election win last month, he was discussed with references to apes and tribal chiefs by guests on a debate show on CNews — the TV station owned by the Catholic conservative industrialist Vincent Bolloré, which last year was the most-watched news channel in France

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