a mayor of Isère, attacked and victim of “racist remarks” by “a group of nationalists”, files a complaint

The mayor of Péage-de-Roussillon (Isère), André Mondange, filed a complaint after being attacked, we learned on Saturday December 23 from the Isère prefecture. This mayor (various left) “was attacked in the Avignon area on the night of December 21 to 22 while he was traveling in a private setting”reports the prefecture, without further details on the place or time of the attack. “He was wearing a cockade and people came up to him and asked him what the badge he was wearing meant, to which he then replied that it was a mayor’s badge.”continues the same source.

In reaction, “individuals then attacked him and the people who were with him, making racist remarks”. “There was a fight, blows were thrown, the mayor was injured. He filed a complaint”also describes the prefecture, specifying that “the duty sub-prefect contacted him” and that one “support has been put in place”. For his part, the mayor declared to BFMTV that his attackers had identified themselves “like nationalists”. “They addressed my daughter, who is mixed race, and made unambiguous racist remarks”he reported.

“The mayor is very affected”

The prefect of Isère, Louis Laugier, condemned “with firmness the aggression of André Mondange” in a message published on “provides all its support to the mayor and his loved ones in the face of this ordeal, in the face of this unacceptable act”. The deputy for Isère Yannick Neuder (LR) for his part affirmed in a message published on his Facebook account that “the mayor is very affected by the racist nature of the attack initially targeting his loved ones”. He says he has “immediately contacted him”. His message is accompanied by a photograph of the elected official, his face swollen.