Franck Allisio (National Rally) says he fears “pogroms” against Jews if the New Popular Front comes to power
Asked on Public Senate about the capacity of his party to exercise power, the outgoing deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône Franck Allisio (National Rally, RN) estimated: “The people who put this country into the wall are the majority in power. » “We are the alternation, a responsible political force, we are surrounded by senior officials and experts and we have two to three times the number of experienced people to make a government”he assured.
The outgoing MP then declared: “Today there are demonstrations, including at my home in Marseille, far-left demonstrations in front of synagogues, tomorrow there will perhaps be pogroms. I measure what I say and I don’t want my country to take the risk of the extreme left.
– You say that there will be pogroms on French soil if the extreme left ever comes to power, is that what you are saying?asked journalist Oriane Mancini.
– Ah clearly, I consider that our compatriots of Jewish faith if LFI, if the extreme left comes to power, yes, clearly, I am worried. »
The term pogrom refers to violent attacks encouraged by those in power, often accompanied by destruction and looting, against Jewish communities in Russia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
“We will block this left which has been absorbed” by the far left, he continued. As for Eric Ciotti, the president of the Les Républicains party; which has made an alliance with the RN, it brings “75%” LR activists, Mr. Allisio wants to believe despite the contestation of this alliance by all the Republican leaders.
