“Desecrator of burial”: the response of the victims and François Hollande to the accusations of Eric Zemmour on the attacks of November 13 – Le Monde

Eric Zemmour, a “Burial desecration” : the accusations of the polemicist against François Hollande who would not have “Protected the French” against the 2015 attacks, and his arrival in front of the Bataclan on the evening of the sixth anniversary of the attacks, provoked indignant responses from survivors, relatives of victims and political figures, on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 November.

“No politician had ever spoken on November 13 on one of the targeted sites “, reacted Arthur Dénouveaux, president of the association of victims Life for Paris, qualifying on Twitter Eric Zemmour from “Burial desecration”.

Political recovery of the attacks: the victims of November 13 will not be Eric Zemmour’s stepping stone. https://t.co/JRFhI601Fz

– lifeforparis (@Life for Paris)

In a press release, the association accuses Eric Zemmour of having “Soiled a day of commemorations dedicated to the victims” and to have “Damaged the memory of the ninety people killed at the Bataclan”. She also denounces a ” political instrumentalisation »Likely to harm the ” serenity “ the trial of the attacks, still ongoing.

“It is political cowardice to use these victims. It is not possible to use false, unfounded and unfair information to rekindle this pain ”, said on BFM-TV Samia Maktouf, lawyer for forty civil parties at the trial.

Mr. Zemmour, who does not hide his presidential ambitions, went to the Bataclan on Saturday evening, where he reiterated his criticism of the former head of state. “He knew there would be terrorists and did not protect the French and made a criminal decision to leave the borders open”, he said.

“Unfounded, indecent and unworthy” statements

Friday in Bordeaux, he had already argued that “The authorities were aware of the danger and preferred that the French die rather than prevent “migrants” To come to France “.

François Hollande rose strongly, Sunday, on Radio J, against statements “Unfounded, indecent and unworthy”. “The terrorists of November 13 came from Belgium, they are Belgian or French”, he stressed, recalling the measures taken to “Control external arrivals” to the European Union.

“It’s indecent to be in front of the Bataclan, to talk about a war of civilization in front of the building itself” resuming “The very language of terrorists”, again noted the former president. And it’s “Unworthy because it suggests that those who ruled France are criminals”, added François Hollande, inviting to put Eric Zemmour and those following his “Drift” of “Side in the republican pact”.

The then Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, denounced on Twitter the “Lies distilled by this character whose sole purpose is to sow doubt and hatred”.

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“Unfounded, indecent and unworthy” statements

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