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Marine Le Pen, who has been traveling to Mayotte since Sunday, was the victim of a barge accident this Tuesday morning. Ten people were slightly injured.
An eventful start to the day for Marine Le Pen in Mayotte. A barge on which she was seated collided sideways with another barge arriving in the opposite direction, this Tuesday morning, departing from the main island of Mayotte, Grande-Terre.
Ten people were slightly injured in the accident after being thrown to the ground. Not Marine Le Pen who was able to remain seated in her seat and who was unharmed. She was taken care of by the border police.
Marine Le Pen, who was leaving Grande-Terre to reach Petite-Terre airport and return to mainland France, reacted to the microphone of Mayotte La 1ère before taking the plane: “He was arriving very, very, very quickly. was inevitable. It hit pretty hard all the same. We were lucky. A lot of people were lucky in their misfortune. Barge rotation has been suspended until further notice. An investigation has been requested to clarify the circumstances of the accident.
“It arrived very very quickly, it was inevitable… We were lucky” reacts Marine Le Pen who was in one of the barges which collided this Tuesday morning between Grande-Terre and Petite Terre .#Collision #barges #Mayotte #NationalRally #MarineLePen pic.twitter.com/8PEOpARJfE
— Mayotte the 1st (@mayottela1ere) https://twitter.com/mayottela1ere/status/1876544289121181826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Three days visit to Mayotte
Marine Le Pen spent three days in Mayotte, devastated by Cyclone Chido, which left 39 dead three weeks ago. The leader of the RN deputies improvised as a whistleblower during her trip: “We are not in government, we are not decision-makers, but we are the ones who can ring the bell when everyone will look elsewhere […] to remind those in power of the promises that have been made.
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Marine Le Pen was on conquered ground in Mayotte. She obtained 59.1% of the votes in the second round of the presidential election in 2022. The RN won for the first time in the legislative elections in July in the second constituency of the island.
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