Fighting for his re-election in the 11th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, Marine Le Pen was traveling on Friday in the town of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (North) to inaugurate the premises of Guillaume Florquin, claiming RN to the deputation in the 20th constituency, according to information from
La Voix du Nord
.
On the way, Marine Le Pen, surrounded by several security guards and welcomed by activists who enchant "Marine, Marine...", is the target of an egg throw.
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As soon as the projectile hits her head, Marine Le Pen bends over.
Her bodyguards cover her immediately and accelerate, with her, the step to prevent any other incident.
Videos from
La Voix du Nord
and Le
Parisien
show the scene from different angles.
In a statement to AFP, one of the party's spokespersons Sébastien Chenu minimized the event:
"A marginalized person positioned in front of our office threw an egg in the direction of Marine Le Pen who was protected and therefore n received nothing."
Before adding that
“things are back to normal immediately”
and that
“everything is fine, not a scratch, not a stain”.
For its part, the press service of the RN candidate indicated that
“the egg sent did not touch her.”
“He crashed into his bodyguard's hand.
She was able to continue the meeting planned with her militants on duty, ”
he relativizes.
If this kind of misadventures remain rare, the images of the latter often make the rounds of social networks.
By taking up one of the videos on his Twitter account, Éric Zemmour expressed to Marine Le Pen all his
"sympathy (...).
after this shameful act
.
During the presidential campaign, in March, he had himself been the victim of an egg crushed on his head in the town of Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne).
