u/its_aom — reddlx

Hi everyone, I'm writing this post to shed light on what we're going through in France just for wanting to dance and protest against the Macron government.

Last weekend was the 33rd edition of FrenchTek.

FrenchTek is basically an event that's been taking place in France for over 30 years an anarchist festival organized without any official representatives, free, self-managed,where everyone is welcome

and above all undeclared to the authorities.

Every year the location is revealed at the last minute.

This year, it brought together around 30,000 people and was held on a military site: the Bourges Polygon.

Why there?

The Bourges Polygon is a deadly laboratory where the French army and profit-driven private operators test various weapons at the expense of human lives.

Bourges was named the 2028 European Capital of Culture, which FrenchTek is part of.

Bourges is also the birthplace of Laurent Nuñez, the Minister of the Interior.

Faced with this event, clashes took place with the gendarmes. 600 gendarmes were deployed but they failed to stop the festival. 6 gendarmes were injured and taken to the hospital

Despite this the évent unfolded peacefully and in a good atmosphere with no major incidents

the propaganda machine went into overdrive.

While diesel is at 2.20€ per litre (≈ –10 USD per gallon), entire families are struggling to afford housing and food, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. The billionaire-owned far-right media spent the entire weekend spreading all kinds of filth, calling the festival-goers addicts, parasites, and stinking losers.

In response to the controversy created by these media outlets, the government’s priority was to rush through a new law inspired by far right Italy an extremely harsh law never before seen in a so called “democratic” country. It includes:

fining every single festival goer 1,500€,

systematically seizing and destroying all sound equipment and vehicles used for undeclared rave parties,

adding participation in the festival to people’s criminal records (ruining their future job prospects),

sentencing anyone who helped in any way with the installation or setup of the festival to 2 years in prison and a 30,000€ fine

Macron wants to send thousands of young people to prison just for wanting to dance and protest against this shitty government.

All the people you see in these videos are now considered criminals in France, as participating in a rave party is now treated as a criminal offense.

After the festival, police handed out thousands of fines and confiscated dozens of trucks full of sound equipment to destroy it all.

I wanted to share this with you because I feel like few people understand just how much of a fascist Macron really is, and how deeply the French hate him. He’s no better than Donald Trump he’s a puppet of the billionaires.

Worldwide press talking about this event :

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/02/europe/france-illegal-rave-military-intl

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/05/02/thousands-at-illegal-french-rave-on-dangerous-military-site

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/4/illegal-free-party-at-french-military-site-draws-up-to-40000-ravers

Edit: The sources are from this weekend and the information is not completely up to date, particularly regarding the number of tickets issued, which is indeed several thousand as shown by this article

https://www.ici.fr/centre-val-de-loire/cher-18/teknival-dans-le-cher-8-000-personnes-encore-presentes-sur-le-site-20-000-controles-3-500-pv-dresses-4604854

https://www.franceinfo.fr/france/centre-val-de-loire/cher/rave-party-illegale-dans-le-cher-3-500-amendes-dressees-depuis-dimanche-les-festivaliers-quittent-le-terrain-militaire_7982504.html

Edit 2: For those who think I added too much editorializing to the article I invite you to watch the interview of the Minister of the Interior. I'm not making anything up. There is a 2 year prison sentence for anyone who helps in any way to organize the rave party (even the guy managing the parking) registration in the TAJ for simply participating in a rave party (issues with criminal records).

I also invite you to read for yourself the 2 laws aimed at severely repressing the rave parties.

Link :

https://x.com/franceinfo/status/2050907852693274989

Bill No. 1133 (Laëtitia Saint-Paul – strengthening penalties for rave parties)
Main text (deposited): https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/textes/l17b1133_proposition-loi
Complete legislative file (with report, adopted text, debates): https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/dossiers/penalisation_rave_party_17e
“RIPOST” Government Bill (Immediate Responses to Frenchtek)
Legislative file at the Senate (text No. 472): https://www.senat.fr/dossier-legislatif/pjl25-472.html
Text of the bill: https://www.senat.fr/leg/pjl25-472.html

Ich möchte meine Erfahrung mit FlixTrain mit euch mitteilen, damit ich herausfinden kann, ob ich Pech mit FlixTrain habe oder es halt so ist. Von drei Fahrten, zwei von denen wurden gecancelt und mussten mit dem Bus gefahren werden. Ich muss sagen, in allen Fälle war die Rückfahrt direkt mit FlixBus gebucht.

Die einzige erfolgreiche Fahrt ging zwischen Hamburg und Köln und war für mich eine Entdeckung: fast genauso schnell wie ein ICE, bequem, günstig, pünktlich und mit garantiertem Sitzplatz, was meiner Meinung nach sollte jeder IC(E) anbieten.

Die anderen beiden waren Berlin-Hamburg und immer nach einem großen Event in Berlin, Samstag oder Sonntag frühmorgens. Die Fahrt wurde am Nachmittag zuvor gecancelt und das Umbuchen war schwierig, da wir alle in schon existierenden Busverbindungen einen Platz finden sollten.

Ist das normal beim FlixTrain? Werden die Talgos die Lage verbessern?