• The Crazy Republic store in Rennes was ransacked and looted Saturday night in the wake of the demonstration against the pension reform.
  • The management said it was "very shocked" by this scene, which was filmed by a local resident.
  • The clothing store will remain closed while it is refurbished.


The video has been circulating a lot on social networks. We see some hooded individuals attacking the window of the Crazy Republic store in Rennes. Some are armed with iron bars, others kick to try to smash the windows of the clothing brand. Some enter the sign and throw clothes in the street, a mannequin is swayed. We see a few people grabbing clothes without knowing how much has been stolen.

This scene was filmed by residents of the rue d'Antrain, Saturday night, in the wake of a new demonstration against the pension reform. It was there that barricades had been erected by hooded protesters. Garbage fires were also lit, before the police intervened to disperse the thugs. A little further, the occupation of the former cinema L'Arvor began and would last two nights, before an evacuation orchestrated this Monday morning.


That's what happened last night in #Rennes! This is what the mayor of Rennes does not want to show!

These young far-left activists then illegally took possession of the former Arvor cinema.

Press releases from the town hall are no longer enough. pic.twitter.com/Nauhy4f79a

— Charles Compagnon (@Ch_Compagnon) March 12, 2023

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Silent since the facts, the management of Crazy Republic reacted on Monday in a brief statement broadcast on its social networks. The team says it is "very saddened" by the ransacking and looting of the store and deplores the violence suffered by its employees. According to management, an employee "was hit in the face with an iron bar" while trying to pick up the merchandise in the store. "No demonstration, no matter how well-founded, deserves so much violence," the leadership said. We are simply a Breton SME that is trying to bring a city center in Rennes to life as well as to hold in a sector considerably affected by the covid crisis and marked by competition from international giants. »

Remained closed on Monday, the store will remain closed for an indefinite period "the time that we make it a little beauty," says the management. The amount of damage is unknown at this time.


The subject was invited this Monday in the precincts of the municipal council. One of the opposition members criticized the socialist mayor Nathalie Appéré. "You have to choose between these political alliances with LFI, or support for the inhabitants and traders of Rennes," said Charles Compagnon. Others went so far as to accuse the mayor of "complicity with the thugs". "I just want to ask a question: Who is responsible for policing? There is exasperation in the face of these abuses of violent groups that have nothing to do with the social movement, which smear it, tarnish it and serve it, "replied the elected socialist. Five people were arrested on Saturday night.

  • Pension reform 2023
  • Strike
  • Rennes
  • Brittany
  • Society
  • Nathalie Appéré
  • Crackers
  • Demonstration