Le Pen expects “demonstrations” from the “extreme left” in the event of victory, Bardella does not “believe” in it

What will happen on July 7 at 8 p.m. in the streets if the National Rally obtains an absolute or relative majority? While the latest Ifop-Fiducial “rolling” for Le Figaro, LCI and Sud Radio, published on Wednesday, gives the flame party and its allies in the lead with 36% of voting intentions, the two headliners of the movement nationalist have spread their differences on the challenge of the oppositions in the event of victory. Guest of France 2 on Wednesday morning, Marine Le Pen judged that there would be “probably demonstrations in the streets”accusing in advance “the extreme left” to be there “responsible”. Conversely, “if, for our greatest misfortune, the extreme left won these legislative elections there would not be a demonstration in the streets”, continued the former leader of RN deputies.

Accusing this political movement of“always act through violence”the former presidential candidate cited in turn “attacks” of meetings, the “rotting” social events and “protests against the election results.” “What are they going to do tomorrow? Are they going to take the Capitol?, he scathed in reference to the assault on the American parliament in early 2021 by supporters of Donald Trump after several weeks of contesting the results of the presidential election which had given Joe Biden the winner. Before urging Emmanuel Macron to “call to respect democracy” rather than sending back to back the programs of the two extremes which would lead to “civil war”, as he did earlier this week.

“The strategy of fear”

A pessimistic vision not shared by his young heir, who positions himself for Matignon, Jordan Bardella. In an interview to appear Thursday in Current valuesthe president of the RN said “not to beleive” to riots or violent movements if his victory was made official. “This is the argument used by our adversaries in a strategy of fear”mocks the MEP. “If the RN wins, it is because it will have received the vote of millions of French people, who will have preferred our solutions to the other projects in the running. We will therefore have strong legitimacy to act”, he elaborates. Jordan Bardella may procrastinate, but he is already anticipating “the parade of event professionals as always.” Of the “movements” who, according to him, “will remain sporadic and will not have a great power of nuisance”.

If no one can say at present whether Marine Le Pen or Jordan Bardella is right, Paris police prefect Laurent Nunez recalled Wednesday morning on France Inter that his troops “preparing to handle all configurations.” “We can have public demonstrations which can degenerate”he indicated, recalling that there had been «manifestations» in the capital after the European elections on June 9, which had drifted into “wild wanderings where force had to be used to avoid damage.”