The diocese of Marseille asked Eric Zemmour, expected in the middle of the afternoon in the Phocaean city, not to speak in the enclosure of the “
Good Mother
”, the emblematic Notre-Dame-de-la Basilica. -Garde, where he had planned a press briefing on Friday afternoon.
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What was asked of Mr. Zemmour is that this press briefing takes place outside the gates of the sanctuary, because it is a private place and above all a sacred place
", specified the diocese to AFP, confirming the initial information from the local Marsactu investigation site.
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That he visits Notre-Dame is his right, but it is not the place for a political declaration
", insisted the diocese to AFP, specifying that this request would be the same whatever the political party. concerning. "
And we hope that this request will be respected,
" he added. The far-right polemicist, twice convicted of inciting racial hatred, had planned to speak to the press on Friday, "
on the forecourt
" of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, during a visit from two days in the second largest city in France. Before this press briefing and his visit to Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde, Eric Zemmour has planned a "
stroll
»In the Panier district, behind the town hall.
Saturday, he must go to the Old Port, to the fish market, after a "
Provencal meeting
" towards the Cathedral of the Major.
Friday morning, aboard the TGV to Marseille, Eric Zemmour finally got off the train in Aix-en-Provence instead of the Marseille city, where protesters opposed to his arrival were waiting for him.
His entourage explained this change of arrival by the need to "
adapt
", accusing "
the media
" of having transmitted his program to "
organizations by relaying calls for violence against Eric Zemmour
".