On RTL, the national secretary of ecologists had reproached the elected official for having “come with twenty journalists” to the demonstration. Words that indignant several members of the Socialist Party.
Did Marine Tondelier put into perspective the violence suffered by Jérôme Guedj during the Parisian demonstration of the 1st May? Surrounded by a group of people dressed in black, the socialist deputy was forced to move away from the head of the procession. The national secretary of environmentalists gave her his support, but her remarks made Thursday evening on RTL sowed doubt.
Asked about this incident, Marine Tondelier gave the impression that Jérôme Guedj had his share of responsibility in the violence he suffered: “No one should be ousted from the demonstrations, but I also see how Jérôme Guedj meets, comes with twenty journalists (…) You have to be careful not to make the May 1st Incidents’ press review.” An outing that has aroused the indignation of several socialist elected officials.
“The repeated assaults that Jérôme Guedj undergoes are not staging. These are serious and revolting facts ”recalled Boris Vallaud, head of pink deputies and candidate for the post of first secretary. Former Minister Laurence Rossignol denounced a “Moral drift” from the chief of the Greens, criticizing him for falling into the «victim blaming»that is to say the guilty of victims.
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“I apologize”
The excuses were not long overdue. Marine Tondelier corrected the shot on Friday morning on X. “Jérôme Guedj like all socialists and demonstrators, must be able to do so [manifester] in serenity “she writes, adding that she tried to join the parliamentarian this morning and that she will do it again in the morning. “I apologize to all those that the imprecision of my response was able to hit”adds the municipal councilor of Hénin-Beaumont (North).
The national secretary of environmentalists also took the opportunity to clarify her position on extreme left anti -Semitism. Marine Tondelier believes that it exists, “As in the whole of society elsewhere”she adds. “I have already had the opportunity to express myself several times on the subject, and maintain that it must be fought everywhere and all the time”concludes the environmentalist. The day before, on RTL, she had refused to speak on the subject, saying herself “Bother”.
