François Hollande criticizes "
the concern for division and overbidding
" and the "
need for revenge
".
The former President of the Republic reacted this Saturday to the words of Eric Zemmour, who accused him on Friday of having "
done nothing
" to avoid the attacks of November 13th.
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Invited to testify at the trial of the murderous attacks in Paris perpetrated in November 2015, François Hollande made remarks on Wednesday which made the polemicist react strongly: "
every day we were under threat, on the 12th and the 14th
", declared the former president.
“
We knew that there were operations being prepared, that individuals had placed themselves in the flow of refugees to defeat vigilance.
But we did not know where, when and how they were going to hit us
, ”continued François Hollande, according to comments reported by
20 Minutes
.
"He preferred that the French die"
“
They knew it and they didn't do anything.
The power was aware of the danger and he preferred that the French die rather than prevent "migrants" from coming to France
", accused Friday the almost-candidate for the presidential election Eric Zemmour during a trip to Bordeaux as part of the promotion of his book, in comments relayed via his Twitter account.
François Hollande wanted to respond to the essayist, on the antenna of
BFMTV
.
While calling "up
to
" the "
dignity
" of the victims of November 13, he defended his action as president at the time of the terrible attack.
“
I made decisions;
the meaning of these decisions was to ensure the security and protection of our fellow citizens, to fight against Islamist terrorism and to ensure the unity of our country.
The former socialist president also denounced "
the controversies which are knowingly maintained
" and which have "
only one goal, to prevent us from being coherent, united in the face of this tragedy
".