He will present himself for the first time in front of his supporters as a candidate for the presidential election, and no longer as a polemicist promoting his latest book.
On December 5, Éric Zemmour will hold a campaign meeting at the Zénith in Paris, he who announced on Tuesday that he was going to race for the Élysée.
An event that would have gone well the elected officials of the nineteenth, location of the room.
This Tuesday evening, during the borough council, they voted a wish on this subject.
Objective, according to the mayor (PS), François Dagnaud: to recall that the 19th century is a territory "which carries human and republican values, against the ideas conveyed by Eric Zemmour".
However, the reading of the vow raises questions, according to Marie Toubiana, counselor (LR) of opposition.
“He's a hypocrite.
Declare that we are a district of fraternity, very good ... But the second part of the text suggests that the police headquarters must prohibit this meeting.
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"Our role is to denounce, not to prohibit"
The text indeed calls on the State services "on the risks of disturbing public order posed by the organization of this meeting".
And recalls that only the prefect has the skills to "prohibit such an event".
We remember, for example, the many shows of Dieudonné canceled for the same reason.
"This wish did not have this intention," assures François Dagnaud.
It would be grotesque to prevent Eric Zemmour from speaking while he does all the TV shows.
I am for the confrontation of ideas.
Our role is to denounce, not to prohibit.
But it is also true to say that this rally will put this whole neighborhood under tension.
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To prohibit the arrival of Eric Zemmour, the elected Communists have tried. On November 22, they sent a letter to the police headquarters asking it to intervene in this regard. “Let's be clear, this was absolutely not the words of the wish voted on Tuesday, first sweeps Hadrien Bortot. But indeed, we made this request, without receiving a response, however. The risk is very detailed. Éric Zemmour is going to go to a district where crack users are installed, where migrants are found on the street… All that he denounces. The risk of overflow exists, but especially on the part of its supporters. "
Only the Republicans therefore did not vote for the wish, approved by the members of La République en Marche.
“We felt them very uncomfortable.
They have never denounced the positions of Eric Zemmour.
We have seen the porosity of the right vis-à-vis its political line, certainly hoping to recover its votes, ”denounces François Dagnaud.
What Marie Toubiana refutes.
“We are not in this process.
We will have our candidate.
We were only embarrassed by the hypocrisy of this vow, which did not fulfill its purpose.
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