This is a complaint that adds to several others from opponents of the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour. The Versailles prosecutor’s office said Friday, December 24, that the police had opened an investigation after the discovery the day before of an insult targeting Marine Le Pen and a message of support for Mr. Zemmour (“Z 2022”), traced in the frost on a car parked in front of the home of the candidate of the National Rally (RN) in the presidential election.
A complaint against X for “non-public insult” was filed late Friday morning by the security officer of Mr.me Le Pen, wrote the prosecution, requested by Agence France-Presse (AFP). He had previously confirmed the opening of a “Procedure of the count of non-public insult” at the initiative of the police. The notion of “Degradation of the home” had not been noted, said the prosecution.
“Marine Le Pen lodged a complaint against X because insults and damage to vehicles were committed in front of her door, explained Thursday the entourage of the candidate to AFP. It turns out that in the midst of the insults there were pro-Zemmour inscriptions, but his complaint does not target anyone. “ Still according to his entourage, inscriptions were on the wall surrounding the garden and his house located in the Yvelines.
Several complaints from opponents to Eric Zemmour the same week
The finalist of the environmentalist primary, Sandrine Rousseau, announced on Twitter on Wednesday have lodged a complaint against X after degradation, in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, of the facade and the front door of his accommodation, by stickers on which appears the portrait of Mr. Zemmour. “A further step has been taken in the denial of democracy, she denounced. These intimidations increase my energy tenfold in carrying ecological, social, feminist and anti-racist discourse. “
The deputy of La France insoumise (LFI) Adrien Quatennens reported the same day of damage to his permanence, on which were affixed stickers bearing the effigy of Mr. Zemmour. “Behind the civilized images of a Zemmour at the corner of the fireplace, his supporters put big breads in the face of peaceful activists, threaten the death of elected representatives of the Republic, degrade parliamentary offices. Every day a little more. Stop! “, tweeted the parliamentarian.
Mr. Zemmour for his part ” sentenced “ Wednesday night a video in which two individuals, claiming to be their supporters, train in shooting and in particular imagine targeting Emmanuel Macron and elected “rebellious”, and for which an investigation has also been opened. LFI deputy Alexis Corbière and former LFI spokesperson Raquel Garrido announced on Tuesday that they had filed a complaint for “death threats and provocation to the commission of a crime”.