“Those who are shocked by what happened yesterday, a youth who continues to 'annoy the National Front', are in a Charlie spirit in the morning and then in the evening are shocked that people can make a joke or a rally symbolic on the death of a far-right leader” who was an “enemy of the Republic”, declared the boss of the rebellious deputies on RTL.
Thousands of people gathered on the Place de la République in Paris.
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On Public Senate, the socialist Jérôme Guedj, on the other hand, found “no point in rejoicing at the death of a man, whoever he may be”. But he considers “no point in watering down the course” of Jean-Marie Le Pen in an allusion to the reaction of François Bayrou, accused of having minimized the multiple scandals which marked the career of the founder of the RN by describing them only as “controversies”.
“Shameful” scenes, judge Retailleau
“I found it mind-blowing, lunar. Jean-Marie Le Pen has around twenty convictions for contesting crimes against humanity and inciting racial hatred. He’s not an altar boy,” he pleaded.
For his part, the Minister of the Interior (LR) Bruno Retailleau castigated the anti-Le Pen rallies on dignity. These scenes of jubilation are simply shameful.”
