Ahead of the French elections, over fifty candidates and campaigners were violently attacked.
As worries about political violence increase ahead of France's crucial legislative elections, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Friday that the country's authorities have documented over 50 physical attacks on candidates and campaigners while they were out on the campaign trail. This is a brief campaign—less than three weeks. On the other hand, we have recorded 51 instances of physical attack against applicants, subordinates or strugglers workers. Here, I'm not include verbal abuse.
According to Darmanin, the begin an assult have vary in severity from "extremely serious" to "less severe," and several applicants have required hospitalisation due to their injuries.
Darmanin continued, "minimum thirty people or so have been brought in for questioning in connection with the attacks." High levels of anxiety have been present in France leading up to this Sunday's elections.
According to Darmanin earlier this week, an extra 30,000 police have been deployed to make certain that the extremes of the left and rightare successful in "creating disorder."
Prisca Thevenot, the spokesman for the French government, and her group faced harassment on Wednesday night while out canvassing. Marie Dauchy, a National Rally (RN) candidate competing in the Savoie southeastern district, decided to halt her candidature after claiming to have been physically attacked during a campaign stop.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has gone so far as to suggest that a "civil war" they will break out if the high left or right this wins by a substantial margin in Sunday's runoff election. Politicians have frequently warned that a far-right victory might spark massive protests in the streets.
Nicolas Conquer, a center-right Republican candidate in Cherbourg, filed a legal complaint after claiming he was attacked by left-wing protestors on Monday. The interior minister issued a warning on Friday, stating that there was still a "very strong" threat of terrorism in the nation and that multiple arrests had just occurred in two different locations. The two incidents "may qualify as terrorist" incidents, but Darmanin noted that the national anti-terrorism prosecutor must officially classify them as such.
After leading first round France's legislative elections on Sunday, Marine Le Pen's far-right party, RN, moved one step closer to gaining power than it had ever been. According to final figures released by the Interior Ministry on Monday, the RN group secured 33.15% of the vote following an exceptionally high turnout.Left-wing very favourite Front alliance came in second with 27.99%, while Macron's Ensemble alliance finished a miserable third with 20.76%.
Although the RN seems to be on course to secure the extra seats in the National Assembly, it might not secure the 289 seats necessary for an absolute majority, raising the possibility of a hung parliament and increased political unpredictability in France.
