Police patrols have been set up around the home of LFI deputy for Val-de-Marne Louis Boyard because of the "
various threats received
" recently by the elected official, AFP learned this Saturday from police sources and close to the government. case.
This surveillance is part of the "
particular context of the pension reform
" and a request from the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin for "
more comprehensive enhanced protection for elected officials
", according to a source familiar with the matter.
No contact has been made with the elected Val-de-Marne, said a police source.
Contacted Saturday by AFP, Louis Boyard did not respond immediately.
In the midst of heated discussions in the National Assembly on the government's controversial pension reform project, the former student unionist published on his Twitter account on Thursday the list of deputies who voted against a socialist bill aimed at offering meals one euro to all students.
This initiative, accompanied by the words "
retain their names
", has aroused strong criticism in the majority, which denounces the provocative behavior of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's party.
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Another LFI deputy, Thomas Portes, was temporarily excluded from the Assembly on Friday for a tweet in which he posed, wearing his tricolor scarf, with his foot on a ball bearing the image of the Minister of Labor Olivier Dussopt.
In November, Louis Boyard was the target of insults launched live by Cyril Hanouna during the program “
Touche pas à mon Poste
”.
The C8 channel was sentenced on Thursday to a record fine of 3.5 million euros from Arcom, the media regulator.
