Tensions under control in the Villepinte hall, at the Éric Zemmour meeting

Two rooms, two atmospheres.

Then a room, two atmospheres.

While the tens of thousands of supporters present in Villepinte impatiently awaited the arrival of Eric Zemmour, the atmosphere suddenly became tense in the room in the middle of the afternoon.

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», Chanted violently some of the militants present, forcing the security to exfiltrate the journalists under good escort to put them to safety.

Before letting them return to the Parc des Expositions a few minutes later.

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Very quickly after this incident, the broadcast of a clip retracing the main stages of Eric Zemmour's pre-campaign again galvanized the crowd around the main reason for their coming to Seine-Saint-Denis on Sunday: the first campaign meeting of their candidate. Nine speeches followed, which preceded the triumphant arrival of their champion… Who was also heckled just before going on stage. It did not take more for the tension to rise to a new notch.

So much so that this time it was a general fight that broke out in the last row, knocking several chairs in the air and injuring at least one person. “

», Then chanted about fifty people dressed in masks and black gloves, determined to do battle with the far left demonstrators who had come to try to prevent the holding of the public meeting near the enclosure.

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the private security officers present on the spot were alarmed,

were slow to reach the scene and restore calm .