Eric Zemmour expected at a meeting in Lille this Saturday, a counter-demonstration organized
After Yannick Jadot on Tuesday and Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday with all the European Ministers of Industry, Interior and Justice, Nord-Pas-de-Calais continues to see politicians parade. This Saturday, February 4, in view of the presidential campaign, it is the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour who holds a meeting in Lille.
This meeting is organized at the Grand Palais in Lille, 8,000 people are expected. Eric Zemmour should talk about purchasing power and thus seek to compete with the other far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, on a land where the National Rally has very high electoral scores. The RN candidate is holding a convention in Reims this Saturday evening.
Aubry demonstrates against the arrival of Zemmour
But the arrival of Eric Zemmour in the capital of Flanders is not under the best auspices. Several left-wing elected officials as well as associations urging a rally against the far right and racism, at the initiative of SOS Racisme in particular, at 11 a.m., Place de la République in Lille. The mayor of Lille, Martine Aubry, announced her participation in the rally last week. “Eric Zemmour is not welcome in Lille“, she had declared.
Martine Aubry will then receive the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo on Sunday, who is traveling to Lille. She comes look for support in the northern stronghold, after the abandonment of the First Secretary of the federation of the PS du Nord who slammed the door on Friday. Anne Hidalgo will go to Lille Neige, meet young artists and attend the Ligue 1 match between LOSC and PSG, at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium.