Prisca Thevenot, spokesperson for the president’s government Emmanuel Macronand his team were attacked on Wednesday night during a campaign event for his re-election in Meudon, southwest of Paris. A staff member and a member of his party had to be taken to hospital.
Four people, including three minors, were arrested for the attack, according to the Nanterre prosecutor’s office. Although according to those present at the scene, more than twenty people were involved. According to official sources, an investigation was launched about.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attalexpressed his “total solidarity” with the candidate and her team through his profile on the social network X. He also asked to reject “the climate of violence and hatred that is being imposed.”Violence and intimidation have no place in our democracy“They have no place in our Republic,” wrote the official close to Macron.
While the president of the far-right National Rally party and aspiring prime minister, Jordan Bardella, expressed his “full support” for the people attacked and called the “calm and appeasement”: “I intend to be the first minister to restore state authority and significantly tighten sanctions,” he said.
Security is being tightened in France during the elections
Two days before the runoff of the French legislative elections on July 7The election campaign became tense with the attack on the government spokesperson, the latest in a series of incidents.
Following the victory of the far right in the first round last Sunday, National Rally (RN) is seeking to achieve an absolute majority in the National Assembly to take over the government. To do so, Marine Le Pen’s party needs to reach 289 seats.
About 30,000 police officers will be deployed across the country during election day to ensure that no further problems occur, such as the attacks reported by candidates in recent weeks.
The leftist candidate in Paris Danielle Simonnet He said that on Tuesday night “far-right militants” attacked three of his supporters while they were putting up election posters in the west of the capital. Far-right candidate Marie Dauchy also reported that a merchant assaulted her. violently in a market in Savoy.
The Prime Minister called for unity to stop the advance of the extreme right
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal a close ally of President Emmanuel Macron, urged voters to form a united front to block the far right in the legislative elections, after Sunday’s failure.
“There is one bloc that could have an absolute majority in the National Assembly and it is the extreme right,” the prime minister said in radio statements. “On Sunday night What is at stake in the second round is to do everything possible to ensure that the extreme right does not have an absolute majority.“, he added.
“It is not pleasant for many French people to have to block the National Rally by casting a vote they did not want, but It is our responsibility to do so,” Attal stressed.
Source: Ambito
