Manon Aubry
Role at the time: Member of the European Parliament (La France insoumise), in a post on her Bluesky account
Condemned
Statement summary
Aubry wrote that by offering to resign, Nuñez acknowledged his failure in what she called the policing fiasco of October 17, and criticized Macron for keeping him in his post.
“By offering his resignation, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez acknowledges his failure in the policing fiasco of #17Octobre. Emmanuel Macron's answer? Keep him in his post! (Translated from French. Original: En proposant sa démission, le ministre de l'intérieur Laurent Nuñez reconnaît son échec dans le fiasco du maintien de l'ordre du #17Octobre. La réponse d'Emmanuel Macron ? Le maintenir à son poste !)”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Manon Aubry's Bluesky post on Laurent Nuñez's offer to resign · Manon AubryBluesky post 3my7qs6dahc2z (in French)
The La France insoumise member of the European Parliament posted this on Bluesky on October 19, 2026, after the Elysee said President Macron had kept Nuñez in office.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's preparation and policing of the October 17, 2026 protests in France. Aubry calls the policing of the day a fiasco and says the minister's resignation offer acknowledges his failure, so we labeled it as condemning.