The Minister of Justice considers that Marine Le Pen allowed the political rise of the far-right candidate.
Eric Zemmour’s position favors dissemination “uninhibited“Of violence in society, judged Saturday in an interview with Parisian Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti, who blames Marine Le Pen for the political rise of the far-right candidate.
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“In the old days, we had isolated individuals who would meet at the bistro, tell what they had to say and it ended there. Today, we have an aggregate of violence that is spread on social networks and a kind of license given to people, for example by Mr. Zemmour, which allows the uninhibited expression of all verbal violence.», Declared the Minister of Justice in an interview published 100 days before the presidential election. This verbal violence “sometimes even turn into physical acts“, He continued,”it goes way too far“.
“It is always the most extremist who wins”
According to a poll at the end of December by the new Cluster17 institute, Éric Zemmour (Reconquest!) Is credited with 14% of the votes in the first round, neck-to-neck with Marine Le Pen, the candidate of the National Rally (13%).
“For years, she thought she was kicking him, she discovers that in fact, it was the short ladder! There is a rule in politics: when you flirt with those who are more extremist than yourself, it is always the most extremist who wins. And the one who today brings together the ultra-right made of hatred and violence is Éric Zemmour», Said Éric Dupond-Moretti.
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Asked about the polemicist’s program in matters of justice, in particular on the lowering of the criminal majority to 16 years, the former tenor of the bar has castigated proposals according to him reheated. “It already exists! It is possible to judge a minor as one does for an adult. With Mr. Zemmour, in matters of justice, there are either things that exist, or things that we have done such as the elimination of sentence reduction credits, or things that do not work such as the return of minimum sentences.He replied.
“In defense” of Emmanuel Macron
Eric Dupond-Moretti also assured that he would place himself “in defenseFrom the president, who has not yet officially declared himself a candidate for re-election.
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“There are still things to do, but Emmanuel Macron has a real record after a five-year term crossed by historic crises“, He explained. “Everything was probably not perfect but who can objectively (…) look the French in the eye and say: “I’m sure I would have done better?”“