“He is not welcome”: Martine Aubry demonstrates in Lille against the arrival of Éric Zemmour this Saturday
Martine Aubry participated this Saturday morning in a demonstration against racism and the far right in Lille, organized in reaction to the arrival of Eric Zemmour in her city for a meeting.
She told us that he was “not welcome”. Before specifying: “He has the right, but he is not welcome. We are a multiple city. We are delighted with this living together that we are trying to cultivate, even if there are still a lot of problems in this region the same way.”
“These supporters are going to tell us this afternoon: ‘We are at home!’ White people, heterosexual white males. Well, we tell them: ‘This is our home!’ All different. France is ours, it’s a France of all colors. Your France is not ours,” she added.
Alongside Hidalgo, Cazeneuve denounces a “campaign of violence”
On the occasion of the launch of the national support committee for Anne Hidalgo, Bernard Cazeneuve expresses this Saturday his support for the socialist candidate.
“Anne Hidalgo says things clearly, and I find myself there,” he says.
The former Prime Minister under François Hollande denounces a “campaign of debasement and violence” on the left and castigates the strategy of certain competitors of the candidate, which “aims to create on all subjects opportunities for confrontation”.
Several hundred demonstrators to say “no to racism” before the arrival of Zemmour in Lille
Some 300 demonstrators gathered this Saturday morning in the presence of the PS mayor, Martine Aubry, to say “No to racism, no to the far right” in the center of Lille before a meeting of the presidential candidate, Eric Zemmour. .
This rally opened the ball of challenges to the presence of the candidate Reconquête!, before an “antifa” demonstration which should start at the beginning of the afternoon some 800 m from the Grand Palais hosting the meeting.
Marine Le Pen suggests to Eric Zemmour to “clean up” his movement
This Saturday in Reims, where she is gathering her troops to accelerate her campaign, Marine Le Pen suggested to her rival Eric Zemmour, who is also having a meeting in Lille on the same day, to “tidy up” in her movement.
“Eric Zemmour should clean up his movement,” the candidate for the Elysee Palace of the National Rally told reporters, citing the ultra-right Zouaves movement, accused of attacking SOS Racisme activists at the meeting in polemicist in Villepinte on December 5.
“Mr. Zemmour is a candidate of hatred”: the president of SOS Racisme explains the holding of a demonstration against racism and the far right in Lille
This Saturday, the rally against racism and the far right “aims to remind us that Mr. Zemmour is a candidate of hatred and therefore we are coming together to say no to the racism he is carrying in this campaign”, explained Dominique Sopo, President of SOS Racisme.
“We can even say that it is his only subject, even if he pretends to talk about rurality, purchasing power, each time we see clearly that the subject comes back to categories of French people or foreigners that should be hated,” he continued.
“We have an extreme right which is between 30 and 35%. Perhaps we just have to get used to being firm in the street, fraternally, in solidarity, each time hatred is expressed so as not to let these ideas become commonplace,” he concluded.
Anne Hidalgo brings together a national support committee
Anne Hidalgo, whose difficult campaign is called into question by PS executives, meets this Saturday, at the end of the morning, a national support committee chaired by former Prime Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.
Demonstration of student and leftist associations against the far right in Lille
A second demonstration, in reaction to Eric Zemmour’s meeting in Lille, will take place this Saturday afternoon, at 1:30 p.m., in the Lille metropolis at the initiative of student and left associations against the far right in Lille.
Demonstration against racism and the far right in Lille in the presence of Martine Aubry
A demonstration against racism and the far right is due to start at 11 a.m. this Saturday in Lille. Initiated by SOS Racisme, it must be joined by the PS mayor of the city Martine Aubry.
Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen expected in Lille and Reims
It is a duel of meetings that is looming this Saturday on the far right. While Marine Le Pen is accelerating her campaign in Reims by attacking Emmanuel Macron in particular, Éric Zemmour intends to make a new show of force in Lille by targeting more LR candidate Valérie Pécresse.
The presidential convention of the National Rally will begin at 2:30 p.m., with a speech by Marine Le Pen scheduled for 6:15 p.m.
Eric Zemmour’s meeting will begin at 3 p.m. The candidate will speak around 4:15 p.m.