Zemmour, who officially declared himself a presidential candidate last Tuesday, was slightly injured when he was violently apprehended during a campaign ceremony on Sunday.
French presidential candidate, right-wing conservative Éric Zemmour was slightly injured when he was caught on Sunday by an election campaign audience, AFP news agency reported.
British newspaper The Guardian according to one participant would have taken Zemmour by the neck. AFP says the man grabbed Zemmour violently as he was walking towards the stage to give his campaign speech. Zemmour slightly injured his wrist, AFP says.
On Sunday, Zemmour held its first official presidential campaign campaign in Villepinte, near Paris. He officially declared himself a presidential candidate on Tuesday last week. More than 10,000 people attended the event.
Soon after Zemmour had begun his speech, a riot broke out in the audience, with chairs being thrown over protesting activists, among other things.
Protesters against racism protested during Zemmour’s election campaign. Right-wing populist Zemmour is campaigning against immigration and the European Union, among other things.
A representative of the protesters commented to AFP that during the campaign, people attacked and beaten the activists.
The authors of the popular and critical TV show Quotidien were removed from the campaign, and hostility to the media was heard in the speeches.
During Zemmour’s speech, a fight broke out in the audience, where, among other things, chairs were thrown at protesters against racism.
“France Characterized as “trump”, the 63-year-old Zemmour is known as a television face, journalist and writer.
One of Zemmour’s election promises is that he would reduce the number of immigrants to zero. He has stressed the danger of the French being replaced by migrants.
Zemmour has been the subject of negative publicity recently. A week ago he was photographed showing an unknown woman a middle finger in his car.
According to opinion polls, Zemmour became a notable challenger in the presidential race. For example, produced by Harris Interactive in October opinion poll according to him was the second most popular candidate for a sitting president Emmanuel Macronin after.
However, Zemmour’s support has fallen over the past month, according to AFP, and the campaign event was hoped to boost support again. Another candidate for the Conservatives, the National Alliance, is Marine Le Pen, which has been considered a likely contender for Macron.
Thousands of people attended Zemmour’s first official election campaign.
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