Another bumpy visit. Coming to the site of the “jungle” of Calais (Pas-de-Calais), which had welcomed up to 10,000 migrants before its dismantling in 2016, Eric Zemmour saw his movement disrupted several times by anti-fascist activists , especially when he wanted to go to “points of presence of illegal immigrants” to exchange “with representatives of law enforcement”.
“We don’t want racists here, go home!”
At first, surrounded by his supporters, Zemmour’s visit to Calais started well for the candidate. But afterwards, faced with opponents, the visit got tougher: explanations from@emilietn in #ThisYou. pic.twitter.com/jRLUgdKV1C
— C to you (@cavousf5) January 19, 2022
He finally had to withdraw to meet them in a bistro, but around thirty association activists were present outside, in the pouring rain. The candidate finally left by a back door, before rushing into a car and returning to Paris. “The noise of the opponents unfortunately prevented us from having a last exchange with the press”, regretted Antoine Diers, a member of his campaign team.
“The collusion between certain journalists and the most violent extreme left is not only ideological. It is also concrete, assumed, aggressive, and very dangerous for democracy and its defenders”, wrote on Twitter the far-right candidate after his trip.
The collusion between certain journalists and the most violent extreme left is not only ideological. It is also concrete, assumed, aggressive, and very dangerous for democracy and its defenders. https://t.co/LVjugfnG9t
— Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) January 19, 2022
His campaign manager, Bertrand de la Chesnais, said they were going to file a complaint “against a journalist we have identified” and who would have “informed far-left activists of Eric Zemmour’s meeting place to come and seriously disrupt his meeting”.