51 years after the death of General De Gaulle, many personalities from the right and from the left followed one another on Tuesday in Colombey-les-deux-Eglises (Haute-Marne) where the late president is buried. A great classic of political life, this “pilgrimage” takes place this year in a context of pre-electoral campaign, each disputing the heritage of the father of the Fifth Republic a few months before the presidential election.
Claiming the legacy of General De Gaulle
The five candidates for the LR nomination – Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, Eric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin and Valérie Pécresse – paid tribute to the general around the president of the party Christian Jacob. “When I hear people who legitimize Pétain’s action by saying that he saved Jews, they cannot call themselves a Gaullist “, underlined on her arrival the president of the Île-de-France region, targeting the sulphurous media outings of Eric Zemmour.
In the morning, the executive dispatched Jean Castex, former member of LR and “social Gaullist “ claimed, for to lay a wreath on the grave of the man of June 18, while a Sanitary Defense Council was taking place at the same time. “Everyone somewhere is a little Gaullist, after that you have to embody it in their daily behavior“, underlined the Prime Minister, who then collected in front of the Cross of Lorraine.
On the left, the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo has made the general a symbol in the fight against “appropriation“of the story by Eric Zemmour, absent in Colombey, contrary to initial rumors, denied by those around him. Decided by those around him to fight “in hollow against Eric Zemmour”, the mayor of Paris defined himself on the spot as “Gaullist of June 18 “, praising the “immense courage “, the “vision” of the general who “made impressive decisions” to wear “honor” from France.
Marine Le Pen hoot
The boss of the RN, who had chosen Bayeux (Calvados) to celebrate the legacy of General De Gaulle, was hooted by a fifty opponents during his speech. “I choose, like (de Gaulle), the courage of action and join in its political legacy to see the rebirth of a sovereign, independent and proud France”, she declared after laying a wreath in front of the Cross of Lorraine, in Courseulles-sur-mer.
His speech in front of a hundred activists was greeted by boos, left-wing elected officials and CGT Solidaires unionists denouncing a political recovery while the far-right party has long fought the legacy of the man of June 18 .