French politician Stephane Claireaux, who is a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling La Republique En Marche party, was accosted outside his home over the weekend due to his support for President Macron’s draconian measures.
The attack on Claireaux, which occurred on Sunday, comes amid public anger in France after Macron said he wanted to “piss off” unvaccinated people by making their lives so complicated they would end up getting the COVID vaccine.
Claireaux is member of Parliament for the constituency of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, a French overseas territory in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, near the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
“I am obviously going to launch a legal complaint. Some people think the right decisions are not being made. We are all receiving death threats by mail, at some moment this has to stop,” Claireaux told France Info on Monday.
French politician Stephane Claireaux, who is a member of President Emmanuel Macron's ruling La Republique En Marche party, was pelted with mud outside his home after Macron said he wanted to 'piss off' a large section of the French population. pic.twitter.com/SHTuv6NrIC
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French Minister of Overseas Annick Girardin condemned the attack on Claireaux. Girardin’s Twitter account posted an image of the incident, which showed protesters hurling mud at Claireaux as he stood outside his house.
“The attack on Stephane Claireaux outside his own house during a demonstration against the health pass is totally unacceptable. The images are extremely shocking,” said Girardin.
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