The president of the Reconquest party Éric Zemmour was traveling to a market in Ajaccio, Corsica, on Saturday May 4, when he was targeted by egg throwing.
The lawyer for the president of the Reconquête party Éric Zemmour filed a complaint once morest in Southern Corsica on Saturday where he was traveling as part of his campaign for the European elections next June.
According to Morning run, Éric Zemmour then hit the back of the head of the woman who threw eggs at him. The entourage of the president of the far-right party spoke to BFMTV of a “defensive gesture”, “a gesture of self-defense, and even of survival”.
The public prosecutor of Ajaccio, Nicolas Septe, opened an investigation on Saturday evening once morest The investigations were entrusted to the DIPN (Interdepartmental Directorate of the National Police).
Zemmour targeted by demonstrators
While Éric Zemmour was walking to the Ajaccio market on Saturday around 11 a.m., “a group of around ten people made insulting remarks once morest him”, according to the prosecutor.
“During these events, a demonstrator first threw an egg in his direction, managing to hit him in the head, before being pushed aside by security when she tried to come into contact with him” , he added.
According to an AFP correspondent photographer on site, people called the far-right leader “fascho” and shouted at him “Leave here!” and he was targeted by egg throws.
Another physical altercation “to be clarified”
The prosecutor indicated that “another physical altercation would have occurred” following the egg throwing and the insults, “in circumstances that remain to be clarified”, possibly referring here to the altercation between Éric Zemmour and the woman who threw eggs.
No complaint has yet been filed concerning the blow that Éric Zemmour allegedly dealt to the woman visible in the Corse Matin video.
Concerning the egg throwing he received, Éric Zemmour reacted on Saturday on his far right.
Alexandra Gonzalez with Juliette Desmonceaux