A quarter of an hour before the start of the speech of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella this Thursday, May 1, the security services closed the doors of the Narbonne Arena. The people left on the tile, mostly, preferred to leave, others have remained despite everything.
2:15 p.m. The doors of the Narbonne Arena close this Thursday, May 1. The guards caden are complete. Smokers are asked to turn off their cigarettes and fit Fissa. In the event of outing, it is final. Five thousand people are announced but, in front of the room, we prevail much less. “3 000, 4 000 grand max.” Left them on the tile regret not having arrived earlier. And when approaching 2:30 p.m. and the cleaver falls – “We won’t let anyone enter” -, slight huts fly away.
The organization of the RN, voluntarily or not, did not stop the inscriptions for the meeting – one could always register at the end, however, of the speeches – therefore causing a certain frustration for a few hundred supporters of the far -right party.
A few minutes before the start of the event, security claims to clear the road and stay on the sidewalks. Some hope that those they call all by their first name, Marine or Jordan, barely arrive … Pain lost precisely, they are content to applaud the last arrival, Laure Lavalette, deputy RN du Var. They also discuss with the many young men distributing leaflets from considerate identities: “Audiovisual and digital communication regulation authority, red judges, journalists, anti -fas: nothing will stop the patriotic wave!”.
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At 2:30 p.m. and a few seconds, the voice of the Audois deputy, a local of the stage, Frédéric Falcon resonates from the speakers placed on the avenue Hubert-Mouly. “Well, I’m going to go back to Carcassonne” ; “We live next to it, fortunately” ; “They didn’t even place a giant screen to make us follow the meeting?” ; “I’m going to me, it’s broadcast on BFMTV and CNews …” Most of which are heard. Others courageous still wait to see one of the two first names if only a few seconds.
Outside, the three daily journalists, the flagship program of the TMC channel and Yann Barthès did not have an accreditation. They no longer request, tired of being denied for several years access to RN events, but that does not prevent them from working and informing their viewers. They face the anger of some supporters of Marine Le Pen, left with the meeting, with certain courage. “What are you doing there? You are not ashamed? Even if I don’t hold it against you personally, you are a group and your host insults us. Allow us to do the same”address a lady.
