The attack which targeted Brigitte Macron’s grand-nephew in Amiens on Monday evening sparked a wave of indignation yesterday… Renaud Dély’s political editorial.
In the majority as in the opposition, the political world unanimous, or almost, denounced this despicable act: a real lynching which targeted Jean-Baptiste Trogneux, the great-nephew of Brigitte Macron. He was beaten by 8 people in front of the family shop, a chocolate factory in the city center of Amiens, which he owns. And why ? Quite simply because this 30-year-old belongs to the family of Emmanuel Macron. This is also why several dozen people had seen fit to demonstrate in front of the chocolate factory after the televised intervention of the Head of State. Here we touch on the depths of human stupidity. Assaulting someone because of a family relationship, hard to find more stupid.
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The fault with the aggressors of course, but not only: this act illustrates a little more the dangerous deterioration of the public debate. Since the crisis of “yellow vests”, we have become accustomed to seeing offices vandalized or elected officials hunted down. In this case, elected macronists. This violence has often been trivialized, including through media treatment. In this incandescent climate, Emmanuel Macron has become a target, the victim of excessive hatred.
A zest of “compassion“
And among the politicians who expressed their indignation, there were also some crocodile tears. When an Insoumis Deputy poses proudly with his foot on a football decorated with the face of the Head of State, or when another threatens to make him suffer the fate of Louis XVI, one should not be surprised to see the violence overflow into the street. In recent processions, the effigy of Emmanuel Macron has sometimes been burned or his puppet beaten.
The influence of certain politicians is in question. Of course. As such, the reaction of Jean-Luc Mélenchon is significant. He expressed a zest of “compassion“, lip service, for the Trogneux family, and above all a good dose of indignation because according to him, no one says anything when it is rebels who are victims of “murder attempts“. So, of course, he is not guilty of anything and can play Pontius Pilate as he pleases. But they say that the example comes from above and when the climate of democratic debate is so degraded, wanting to continue to “conflict everything” as the leader of the Insoumis says, is to set a bad example.