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Far right France YouTube · Short VA Plus published 2 October 2026

Exchange between MEP Anthony Smith and police during school blockades

Original title: Face à face entre le député européen LFI Anthony Smith et la police durant les blocus lycéens.

  • 271,664views at the last measurement
  • 1 minof video
  • 10transcribed sentences
  • 30%political sentences
  • 1,883comments stored
  • 3 October 2026metadata last updated

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Audience measured

271,664
views at the last measurement
4,789
likes
1,800
comments announced
1
measurement · last on 3 October

Audience measured at discovery, then at day 1, 7 and 30 and during the monthly passes.

Transcript and analysis

transcribed
on 3 October 2026
10
transcribed sentences
30%
political · 3 sentences
3
speakers · main one 84%
2,318
comment sentences · 17% political

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The content synthesis proposed by our local model

The video shows a confrontation between MEP Anthony Smith and law enforcement officers during high school blockades. The MP questions the police to identify the authority present on site. He describes the situation as "madness" and considers the use of force to resolve youth-related issues as "irresponsible". He asks who represents the State and order. A police officer orders those present to step back.

How the records are written

Summary generated by our model on 3 October 2026 at 19:45 from the transcript of the following video, then checked against it:

Claims made

  1. L'usage de la force est irresponsable pour traiter les problématiques de la jeunesse.Security and justice · speaker A
  2. Le député européen demande l'identification de l'autorité représentant l'État sur place.Institutions and democracy · speaker A
  3. Les personnes présentes doivent reculer.Security and justice · speaker C

Claims found by the model, attributed to an anonymous speaker (A, B…). The topic of each claim is its own subject, not the video’s. Each claim opens with the video, to watch.

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