More than 50 candidates and activists assaulted during French election campaign
International
- 5-07-2024, 12:39
INA- sources
More than 50 politicians and campaigners have been assaulted during the French election campaign, the interior minister Gérald Darmanin said Friday, as tension mounts ahead of this weekend's runoff vote.
"This campaign is short and yet we already have 51 candidates, substitutes and activists who have been physically assaulted," Darmanin said.
More than 30 people have been arrested, he added.
Last month, President Emmanuel Macron made the gamble of calling parliamentary elections just weeks before Paris hosts the Olympics after the far-right trounced his centrist alliance in European elections.
Source: FRANCE 24 with AFP
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