Candidate in Isère for the presidential camp, the former minister Olivier Véran was moved on Thursday by the attack on a local elected official putting up posters for his campaign.
“Bernard is a 77-year-old deputy mayor of La Tronche (a town bordering Grenoble). This morning, while he was putting up my posters, a man tore them off before hitting him in the face. A complaint has been filed, a medical examination will determine the length of the ITT,” wrote the former government spokesperson. on Ximplicating “a man, supporter of France Insoumise”.
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The Grenoble prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation into “robbery with violence.” “Election leaflets were stolen,” said the prosecutor’s office, which has entrusted the investigation to the Grenoble police.
“The municipal councillor who was canvassing for candidate Olivier Véran was punched in the right eye by a man who told him he was part of La France Insoumise,” prosecutor Eric Vaillant said in a statement. On XLater in the day, the prosecutor said that the suspect had presented himself “voluntarily to the Grenoble police station” and had been taken into custody.
Olivier Véran, outgoing MP, is running for re-election. He came second in the first round behind the young rebel activist Hugo Prévost who obtained 40.19% of the vote against 33.62% for the former minister. The LR-RN candidate Alexandre Lacroix is also qualified for the second round with 18.34%.
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Olivier Véran’s opponents both condemned the attack and expressed their support for the victim in messages on X. “The ambient violence that is taking hold at the end of the campaign must absolutely stop,” stressed Hugo Prévost.