French elected officials, from the presidential camp and the left-wing opposition, castigated Sunday evening the “
far right attacks
” in Brazil and showed their support for President Lula after the invasion of several institutions by Bolsonarist militants.
“
Solidarity with the Brazilian people, whose institutions are under attack by far-right activists.
This is where conspiracy leads, the delegitimization of a democratically elected president and the questioning of universal suffrage,
”tweeted Macronist MEP Stéphane Séjourné, head of the Renaissance party.
On the left, the rebel and ex-presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused the
Brazilian "
extreme right " of "
attempting a Trump-style putsch against the new left-wing president Lula
".
“
Solidarity with Brazilian democracy!
“, he wrote on the same social network.
“
This is the extreme right all over the world!
In the end always the refusal of democracy!
Full support for #Lula president!
“, also underlined the N.1 of the Socialist Party Olivier Faure, still on Twitter.
“
January 6, 2021 Washington January 8, 2023 Brasilia.
The scenario is reproduced identically, with an extreme right which refuses the verdict of the polls.
Support for Lula to reinstall democracy in Brazil
”, added his colleague MP Valérie Rabault, vice-president of the National Assembly.
Hundreds of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Sunday, a week after the inauguration of left-wing President Lula, whose election they refuse.
