Led by the Solidaires 21 union, around a hundred union and association activists – members of the FSU, the CGT, the MRAP, SOS Racisme and the Human Rights League – gathered this Saturday around 4 p.m. at the foot of the Auditorium place Jean-Bouhey in Dijon.
200 to 300 supporters of Eric Zemmour
It was to protest against the holding of a meeting in support of far-right candidate Eric Zemmour. Meeting which was held without the main interested party 500 meters away in the room of the restaurant “O Palais” rue Léon-Mauris, in the presence of 200 to 300 people.
Among them two national executives of the “Reconquête” party, Antoine Diers, spokesman for Eric Zemmour’s party and Denis Cieslik, responsible for sponsorships, as well as representatives of Generation Z. Some activists who were heading towards the room were repelled by the hundred police officers and CRS mobilized. The latter used tear gas, according to a police source, it was for the police that the militants of the two camps did not come into contact. There were no arrests.
– Thomas Nougaillon
According to his supporters present in Dijon this Saturday, Eric Zemmour should come to us in Côte-d’Or “in a few weeks”. He would have collected for the moment 435 promises of sponsorship from elected officials out of the 500 necessary to run for president. Among his supporters precisely François Perrin, the mayor of Bonnencontre, commune of Côte-d’Or who was present this Saturday in the room.
This Monday morning in the 6/9 of France Bleu Bourgogne we will hear the Côtes-d’Oriens activists of Eric Zemmour who took part in this support meeting. They will explain to us who they are, what is their background and why they chose to join the far-right candidate.