During Éric Zemmour’s meeting at the Trocadéro in Paris, activists chanted the phrase “Macron Assassin” for several seconds, without the Reconquest candidate calling for calm. Words that aroused a wave of indignation.
Nearly 100,000 people were present to support him, said the former polemicist. When he began to raise the subject of insecurity, referring to the “daily dramas” that the French live, many activists began to shout “Macron Assassin” for a few seconds. The candidate paused in his speech at this time.
According to his campaign team, Éric Zemmour “did not hear it and he would not take up the expression on his own”, and strongly condemns this slogan. As a reminder, according to the Penal Code, an assassination is “a murder committed with premeditation or ambush”.
However, his political opponents reproach him for not having calmed the crowd. On Twitter, Valérie Pécresse, Les Républicains presidential candidate, denounced this sequence. “I strongly fight the outgoing president, but letting an opponent be treated as a murderer is dangerous for the Republic. This is definitely not right! This is not my France!” A way for Valérie Pécresse to widen the gap between Les Républicains and Reconquête, while Éric Zemmour continues to advocate the union of the rights, calling Éric Ciotti and Nadine Morano, supporters of the LR candidate, to join him.
The president of the La République en Marche group in the National Assembly, Christophe Castaner, also said on BFMTV, concerning the lack of reaction from Éric Zemmour, that “the Republican right would never do that. On the other hand, the extreme right yes ”. Olivier Dussopt, Minister Delegate for Public Accounts, told Twitter that “this attitude disqualifies any candidate for public responsibility”.