Campaigning in Ajaccio for the European elections, the president of the far-right party Reconquête! Eric Zemmour was targeted by egg throwing while walking through a market on Saturday May 4, and the prosecution opened an investigation for “meeting violence with a weapon”.
In the market, the former presidential candidate was awaited by around fifteen people who called him “fascho” and shouted “Leave here!” », According to a corresponding photographer from Agence France-Presse (AFP). “There were jets of water and throwing of eggs and a woman tried to push him,” said a police source, adding that “the incident was very brief.”
On a video from Corse-Matin, Mr. Zemmour reacts by appearing to strike this woman. “It comes behind his back, he doesn’t know who it is, if it’s an egg, a fist, a knife, he pulls away, it’s a pure self-defense reflex. At no time did he want to hit this woman. The attacked person is Eric Zemmour,” his entourage told AFP.
Investigation for “meeting violence with weapons”
“The investigations have been entrusted to the DIPN [interdepartmental direction of the national police] which must determine who are the people who attacked Mr. Zemmour,” announced the Ajaccio prosecutor, Nicolas Septe. However, no complaint has yet been filed concerning the blow that Eric Zemmour allegedly dealt to the woman.
“This is the true face of the far left, of small violent groups, who truly want us dead,” reacted the leader of the far-right party on his X account.
Mr. Zemmour, convicted several times for provoking racial hatred, continued his wandering, always followed by the same fifteen people kept at a distance by a CRS cordon. Sometimes warmly welcomed on certain stalls, he was encouraged to look elsewhere on others.
The Reconquest list! for the European elections, carried by Marion Maréchal, is credited with 5% to 6% voting intentions.
