This Saturday, June 12, Jean-Luc Mélenchon was flourished by people present during the "
march of freedoms
" organized against the extreme right in several cities of France.
To read also: A "march of freedoms" this Saturday against "the ideas of the extreme right"
Present in the Parisian procession, the founder of the La France Insoumise party received a jet of flour when he had just arrived in the demonstration and he was answering questions from journalists.
The scene was broadcast on Twitter:
While dusting himself and wiping his face, the politician reacted to the assault in front of television cameras. "
It should stop,
" he was first moved, noting the increase in violence and making the parallel with the slap received by Emmanuel Macron this week in Tain (Drôme). “
There is great tension. I don't know what the motive was for throwing flour on me,
”commented Jean-Luc Mélenchon, adding to worry about recent violence, constituting“
a threshold that has been crossed
”. "
The growth of the far right, what do you want it to do other than that?"
“, He also analyzed. His words last Sunday predicting "
a serious incident or a murder
In the last week of the presidential campaign, an event "
written in advance
", aroused outrage in the political class.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon again rejected on Saturday any "
conspiracy
".
To read also: Éric Zemmour: "Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the perpetual and illegitimate revolution"
Asked by RT France, the man who allegedly infused Jean-Luc Mélenchon explained his gesture as a protest: “
Macron with all the political caste are corrupt.
These people are falsely universalists
”he denounced.
Described as a “
fascist
” and extremist by the demonstrators attending his interview, the man replied: “
And yet I am on the left, but these people are real fascists.
The left was taken over by the minorities
”, before the exchange turned to invective.
The LREM candidate in the regional elections François de Rugy was also floured yesterday Friday June 11 in Nantes, while he was finishing a day of campaigning.