“We were forbidden to talk about it for security reasons, slipped us a face from BFMTV.
I really can't say anything more.
Sorry.
Internally, the instructions were respected: above all, do not leak the location of the filming of “La France dans les yeux” with Éric Zemmour, as a guest this Wednesday evening live in front of fifty French people aged 19 to 64.
The fear of the continuous news channel?
Possible troubles, which could call into question the issue.
A week earlier, the management of the Montreuil studios, where the debate was initially to be held with fifty French people, had given up welcoming the far-right candidate, under pressure from the communist mayor Patrice Bessac.
“We want to avoid a certain tension, with possible demonstrations or incidents, had entrusted to us this Tuesday Bruce Toussaint, who replaces Jean-Jacques Bourdin, withdrawn after a complaint from a former colleague for attempted sexual assault.
We're hosting a TV show, not a happening.
We don't want to create clutter.
At least not outside.
On the set, I hope there will be.
“During the day, the new address was however unveiled on social networks: Studio 137, in Aubervilliers, where the great entertainments like “Dance with the stars” turn.
With calls to demonstrate.
An unprecedented situation for BFMTV, which despite everything broadcast live “France in the eyes”.
From the first minutes, Bruce Toussaint addresses the difficulty of finding a filming studio: “We asked you for a location.
You asked for Seine-Saint-Denis, that's the principle… You came with an armored vehicle and with a passport?
asks the presenter.
Response from Éric Zemmour: “I came with two cars and six police officers.
That's not bad.
I always took the subway.
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"We had a hard time doing this show in this department"
Then, Bruce Toussaint develops: “It made a lot of noise.
You said that wherever there is a strong Muslim community, it becomes Afghanistan.
Good bah, Aubervilliers ticks this box.
"Excuse me, Zemmour cuts him off."
When we saw the report on M6 in Roubaix, we really say that it is Afghanistan two hours from Paris.
(…) It exists in countless places in Seine-Saint-Denis.
And elsewhere.
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Bruce Toussaint insists: “We had a hard time doing this show in this department.
Why ?
Because several cities, several places have refused to receive you.
We had chosen Montreuil, it was a very beautiful place.
And at the last moment, under pressure from Mayor Patrice Bessac, no.
He said you convey hatred, violence and racism.
“Zemmour returns the ball:” Me, I am very sad, sincerely.
I was happy to return to Montreuil where I was born.
Where my paternal grandparents lived.
(…) This mayor agrees with me.
It refuses entry to a French department to a citizen who was born there.
He considers that there are French citizens who are not welcome in his city…”
Bourdin's replacement drives the point home: “I would point out that many French people said yes then no, hesitated to come, pressure from those around them… Which also shows that you are not a candidate like the others.
“The former polemicist has, there too, the answer:” I am proud of it.
I am not a politician like the others.
I am not a politician.
Me, I say the real, the raw truth.
And I offer my solutions.
I don't change my mind depending on the evolution of society like your previous guest (Editor's note: Valérie Pécresse).
People like it, people don't like it…” In any case, to see the first trends in audiences in real time, viewers are well on their way.
