The fight for the legislative elections is also being played out on X. Éric Dupond-Moretti castigated Jean-Luc Mélenchon this Wednesday on the social network. “How dare you? You have no face. Leave this young girl and her family alone,” wrote the Minister of Justice, pointing out what he considers to be a lack of consistency in the father’s communication from La France Insoumise.
In the morning, the former MP reacted to the rape of a 12-year-old girl on Saturday in a hangar in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), the victim having also denounced anti-Semitic remarks. “Horrified by this rape in Courbevoie and everything it highlights concerning the conditioning of criminal male behavior from a young age, and anti-Semitic racism”, we can read on the X profile of the 72-year-old politician .
Mélenchon and the controversy of “residual anti-Semitism”
For the Minister of Justice, Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s position serves as a reversal. “Your recurring comments fuel the hatred which leads to the worst. No, anti-Semitism is not residual. Shame on those who make a pact with you to save their bowl,” continues Éric Dupond-Moretti, referring to a sentence pronounced by the leader LFI queue at the beginning of June.
“Contrary to what official propaganda says, anti-Semitism remains residual in France. It is, in any case, completely absent from popular gatherings,” he said on his blog. Words that caused controversy. During the first quarter of 2024, the number of anti-Semitic acts skyrocketed. The government reported “366 anti-Semitic acts” recorded between January and March, an increase of 300% compared to the first three months of 2023.
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