The PCF presidential candidate Fabien Roussel on Thursday February 17 qualified the program of the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour as a "
little brown plague
" and urged voters to "
not be mistaken with anger
".
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Asked on Cnews about the remarks of the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot, who estimated on Sunday that Eric Zemmour "
does the service Jew for anti-Semites
" and "
the far right which was only waiting for such a representative to free speech
" , Fabien Roussel argued that he "
will never speak like that
".
"
Eric Zemmour represents the little brown plague in our country, but I never qualify people according to their origins
", he explained, saying "
prefer(er) to attack his project, his vision that he has of France, which recalls that of collaboration, Vichy and Pétain
”.
Exhortation to “not be mistaken in anger”
This term "
brown plague
", "
it's a story, it's fascism, it's Pétain, it's the black shirts, and I know that Eric Zemmour refers to it and it's serious and dangerous
”, developed Fabien Roussel.
By calling him a "
little brown plague
", "
I'm not talking about his size - that wouldn't be good - I'm talking about his program, and it's a little brown plague his program
", he then insisted on BFMTV: “
he rehabilitates Pétain, the one who set up the Jewish code during the War and who organized the roundup of the Vél d'Hiv', (...), he dares to divide our fellow citizens according to their first name and to stigmatize, in doing this, our Muslim fellow citizens, who have built France in the same way as many of our French, Italian and Spanish fellow citizens, whatever their religion
”.
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Eric Zemmour "
represents a threat
" and "
I want to explain it most sincerely to our voters
", added Fabien Roussel, urging them to "
not be mistaken with anger
".
"
They are angry and I understand their anger, but it will not bring hope by voting for the far right, for the Zemmour and the Le Pen
", he assured.
The RN candidate Marine Le Pen is given the second round of the presidential election against Emmanuel Macron by the polls which credit her with some 17% of the voting intentions, ahead of Eric Zemmour, given at 14% and neck and neck with candidate LR Valérie Pécresse.
