Campaigning for the legislative elections in Loiret, Jean-Michel Blanquer was insulted and attacked on Saturday morning while he was in a market in Montargis.
It was a particularly tense Saturday morning that Jean-Michel Blanquer spent. The former Minister of Education, now a legislative candidate in Loiret, was insulted and attacked while he was in a market in Montargis. After being insulted, he received a spray of white foam on his face. A video on social networks shows Jean-Michel Blanquer, visibly annoyed, pointing the finger at a person to whom he says: “There are limits that we must not cross”.
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Jean Michel #blank gets rammed and foamed by two men in the market of #Montargis !
One of them would be a college professor according to a witness of the scene.@ACuignache,candidate @Reconquete_off,hands him a towel after his altercation@ZemmourLoiret pic.twitter.com/j2fM6aRHHx— Ligne Droite • The morning of RC (@Ligne__Droite) June 4, 2022
Hours after this incident, the former minister said on Twitter. “An election campaign is a moment of democratic happiness through exchange. Things are going well here in Montargis meeting the citizens. I have just been assaulted by two individuals who want to break this. Let’s not accept it. Long live calm, long live respect, long live democracy.
An election campaign is a moment of democratic happiness through exchange.
Things are going well here in Montargis meeting the citizens.
I have just been assaulted by two individuals who want to break this. Let’s not accept it.
Long live calm, long live respect, long live democracy— Jean-Michel Blanquer (@jmblanquer) June 4, 2022
He received immediate support from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, who also chose Twitter to express herself. “Full support for Jean-Michel Blanquer. The debate, the confrontation of ideas are always riches. Physical or symbolic violence has no place in our democracy,” she wrote. According to France Bleu, two people were taken into custody following this altercation. FranceTVInfo adds that it would be two teachers from a college.
Jean-Michel Blanquer is a candidate for the presidential majority in the 4th constituency of Loiret. “No disagreement, even total, can justify the aggression of a candidate or a candidate in a democratic election. Our fellow citizens deserve better than that. The debate of ideas too,” wrote the official account of LaREM du Loiret on Twitter.