Sophie Primas used the words of Jean-Marie Le Pen to regret scenes of jubilation in certain cities in France this Tuesday, January 7 upon the announcement of the death of the co-founder of the National Front.
Celebrations which do not pass in the camp of François Bayrou. Asked about gatherings held this Tuesday evening in France to celebrate the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died at the age of 96, the government spokesperson distanced herself.
“Death, even the enemy has the right to respect,” judged Sophie Primas at the end of the Council of Ministers.
“Shameful scenes of jubilation”
The formula is surprising. This is the one word for word that the co-founder of the National Front chose to use in 2019 after the death of Jacques Chirac.
Several hundred people gathered in certain towns in France on Tuesday evening to celebrate, with songs, smoke bombs and fireworks, the death of this historic figure of the far right.
With this declaration, the government spokesperson follows in the footsteps of the Minister of the Interior. Bruno Retailleau in fact castigated the anti-Le Pen rallies on X, judging “these scenes of jubilation are simply shameful”.
Bayrou and Le Pen’s “controversies”
Sophie Primas’s dig at Jean-Marie Le Pen’s opponents comes after François Bayrou’s deemed clumsy exit, a few minutes after the announcement of the death of the former leader of the National Front.
The Prime Minister described the multiple scandals and the 25 convictions of the co-founder of the FN as “controversial” while referring to his career as a “fighter”.
“I would have liked these demonstrators to find themselves in the street to reiterate their attachment to freedom of expression and their support for the fight that we must wage against terrorism,” added Sophie Primas, referring to the tenth anniversary of the jihadist attack against Charlie Hebdo.
His daughter Marine Le Pen judged for her part that “many people were crying” over the man nicknamed the Menhir. The funeral of Jean-Marie Le Pen will take place this Saturday in Trinité-sur-Mer (Morbihan), where he was born in 1928.
