Presidential: Arnaud Montebourg dropped by his “Young” after his release on money transfers abroad – Boursorama

At issue: the controversial proposal of the former minister on the blocking of private money transfers in certain countries, which caused an uproar on the left .

Launched in the race for the Elysée, Arnaud Montebourg provoked outrage by claiming to be in favor of blocking private money transfers to countries that refuse to accept their nationals targeted by an expulsion order. This stance made him lose the support of his association of j young activists “Les Jeunes pour Montebourg”, who announced to withdraw from the campaign of the entrepreneur and former Minister of Productive Recovery.

“We believed in the candidacy of Arnaud Montebourg, whose foundations had been laid during the Clamecy speech,” said the structure in a press release Monday, November 8, referring to the former minister’s commitment for the territories, an ecology ” à la française “and Made in France, of which he has made himself one of the figures.

Like several names of the left, the exit of Arnaud Montebourg on the blocking of funds sent by foreigners in an irregular situation made tick “The Young for Montebourg”, who denounce a proposal “unjust and inhuman”, aligned on the positions of Marine Le Pen or Eric Zemmour. Following this declaration, and additional explanations which did not “convince” them, the supporters of the candidate say they are withdrawing from the campaign.

“I got yelled at by people I love”, regrets Montebourg

Monday evening, Arnaud Montebourg regretted having “poorly expressed” and a “misunderstanding”, after his controversial remarks. “I wanted to target the States, I do not want to touch these families who work hard, send money to their families on the other side of the Mediterranean”, he insisted on. LCP . “I felt a lot of emotion, a lot of emotion, in my own friends, in my family, some practice this support, this mutual aid across borders. (…) I got yelled at by people I love. I understood that I had expressed myself badly “ , said the former Socialist Minister of the Economy.

“I wanted to say: now we will have to hit the wallets, but from whom? States first of all, it is the States which are in question. In the search for a diplomatic report it is necessary that the States move” , believes Arnaud Montebourg.

“I would say that it is a misunderstanding (…) A presidential election, it is made to seek solutions and to discuss them, not to put dust under the carpet”, according to him.