The deputy La République en Marche (LRM) Aurore Bergé calls for a “Common front against violence in public debate” and calls for sanctions “Up to the violence of the threats” and increasing attacks against elected officials, sometimes linked to the health crisis, in an interview published in the Sunday newspaper from January 2.
“I call for a united front against violence in public debate. We got too used to it, the battle of ideas has become a street fight ”, says the elected Yvelines, herself the victim of threats. “There is a form of weakness in the response of society and of certain politicians”, she laments.
Aurore Bergé invites in particular “All the presidential candidates” at “Express yourself clearly on the subject” and to “Ask their own activists to be extremely vigilant about their actions and words on social networks”. “To say nothing is to endorse. There is a real problem with some, on the extreme right and the extreme left, who legitimize violence ”, believes the member.
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“Today there is a specific subject on the health crisis, which is also very much intertwined with the presidential calendar” and “Eric Zemmour’s entry into the campaign [dont le premier meeting début décembre a été marqué par des violences] added to the climate of extreme tension “, according to her.
“Each intimidation is also aimed at ensuring that parliamentarians no longer feel free to vote in their soul and conscience”, adds Aurore Bergé, while the deputies are looking Monday on the bill transforming the health pass into a vaccination pass, the adoption of which is beyond doubt, despite a tense climate and the hostility of several parties.
The MP, who has announced that she wants to file a complaint for a tweet where she is compared to women shorn for collaboration after the Second World War, asks that the sanctions be “Up to the violence of the threats” car “Out of the hundred facts that I denounced, only one author has been identified”.
President (LRM) of the National Assembly Richard Ferrand announced Thursday that he would make a “Precise point” in January with the interior ministers Gérald Darmanin and justice Eric Dupond-Moretti on these threats and attacks against elected officials.