A few days before the first round of the early legislative elections desired by Emmanuel Macron after having taken the decision to dissolve the National Assembly following the victory of the National Rally during the European elections,
Gabriel Attal continues his electoral campaign. The Prime Minister visited Avignon in Vaucluse on Friday June 21, 2024.
He then had a muscular exchange with Raphaël Arnault, spokesperson for the far-left movement La Jeune Garde and candidate nominated by LFI and the New Popular Front. Only, Gabriel Attal did not manage to lose his cool in the face of the insistence of the questions of the one who is full of controversy while he is on file S.
Gabriel Attal showed himself annoyed by Raphaël Arnault’s questions
“I hope that in the second round, you will systematically call for beating the extreme right“, Raphaël Arnault initially told him. “We will beat you and beat the far right in the second round because you fuel division and hatred“, the Prime Minister then replied before adding: “You feed the far right and they feed you“.
For several minutes, the two politicians exchanged in a great cacophony. “You don’t impress me and you don’t impress the French“, continued Emmanuel Macron’s current right-hand man. “With your speech, you are no better than the extreme right. I denounce all those who fuel hatred and you are one of them.”
Raphaël Arnault believes that Gabriel Attal was “aggressive”
When Raphaël Arnault asked Gabriel Attal to have more clarity in his comments, the latter reiterated his reasoning to him in a very dry manner: “Start by being clear!“. The exchange ended when the Prime Minister continued on his way to meet the French present at his side.
For his part, on his X account, formerly Twitter, the left-wing candidate, targeted by several complaints of violence and death threats, regretted the lack of response from Gabriel Attal.on the government’s non-fight against the far-right“. According to him, he came across a Prime Minister “aggressive“ in the streets of Avignon.
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