Lionel Jospin, 2002: “Bringing red back to the left”
On April 17, 2002, the Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Lionel Jospin, went to the Parc des Expositions in Rennes for his last campaign meeting before the first round.
He is sprayed with ketchup by demonstrators.
The two teenagers in question had a symbolic objective: "
to put red in the left
".
Lionel Jospin, Prime Minister at the time and candidate for the presidential elections, receives a jet of Ketchup sauce, April 17, 2002, in Rennes.
PHILIPPE DESMAZES / POOL / AFP
Lionel Jospin has just received a jet of Ketchup sauce, on April 17, 2002, in Rennes.
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George W. Bush, 2008: “A way to attract attention”
During a press conference in Iraq, journalist Mountanzer al-Zaïdi throws his shoes at US President George W. Bush.
In order to protect his counterpart, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki extends his arm.
Then questioned by an American journalist, the President of the United States assured that he felt no threat.
And to conclude: “
So this man threw a shoe at me?
It's a way to get attention
."
This gesture will propel the Iraqi journalist to the rank of hero of the Arab world.
He will spend nine months in detention.
United States President George W. Bush ducks to avoid a shoe that was thrown by a journalist during a press conference in Baghdad on December 14, 2008. THAIER AL-SUDANI / POOL / AFP
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki tries to protect US President George W. Bush, in Iraq, December 14, 2008. SAUL LOEB / AFP
François Hollande, 2012: “The risks of the job”
On February 1, 2012, during a demonstration organized by the Abbé Pierre Foundation for the presentation of the annual report on poor housing, François Hollande, then a socialist candidate for the Élysée, was sprayed with flour by a woman in her forties. 'years.
Asked about a possible reinforcement of his security system, the PS candidate said: “
I take the risks that a candidate must take if I want to go to journalists, the French.
These are the risks of the job
.
François Hollande, then PS candidate in the presidential election, receives flour on February 1, 2012, in Paris.
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François Fillon, 2017: “I at least hope the flour was French!”
As he prepares to go on stage for a meeting in Strasbourg on April 6, 2017, the presidential candidate François Fillon is floured by a young man.
The latter is wearing a “
Students with Fillon!
".
At the start of his speech, the right-wing candidate finally quipped: "
I hope at least that the flour was French!"
»
François Fillon, then presidential candidate received flour on April 6, 2017 during a political rally in Strasbourg.
Julien SENGEL / AFP
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, 2021: “White suits me”
On June 12, 2021, Jean-Luc Mélenchon is floured in the procession of the “liberty march against far-right ideas”, in Paris.
After the incident, he said, “
White suits me.
I only took flour, I'm alive, everything is fine
”
"
L'enfarineur
" was found guilty in September 2021 by the Paris Criminal Court but was "
exempted from punishment
".
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, then leader of France Insoumise, received flour during a "Freedom March" on June 12, 2021 in Paris.
Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP
Eric Zemmour, 2022
Then candidate for the presidential election, Eric Zemmour goes to Moissac in the Tarn-et-Garonne, March 12, 2022. As he gets out of his car, a man rushes and bursts an egg on his skull.
The man who attacked the candidate is a 70-year-old retired farmer.
He is the father of a child with autism.
His gesture was motivated "
by [a] deep disagreement with the positions of Mr. Zemmour on the subject of children with disabilities
", can we read in a press release from the deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Montauban, Anne Gaullier .
Éric Zemmour received an egg during a campaign visit to Moissac, in the south of France, on March 12, 2022. Valentine CHAPUIS / AFP