It is not his responsibility. Marine Le Pen denies any link with the degradation of a controversial painting at the Palais de Tokyo by a former elected member of the National Front, attributing this gesture to "individual behavior". "You cannot be held responsible for an individual fact of someone who was a municipal councillor eight years ago," said on Sud Radio the boss of the 88 deputies of the National Rally (RN) in the National Assembly, ensuring that the author of the degradation is no longer a member of the party.
Le Monde revealed that it was Pierre Chassin, former leader of the National Front group in the municipal council of Mureaux (Yvelines), an octogenarian who projected painting on the work "Fuck abstraction!" by the Swiss artist Miriam Cahn, accused of child pornography by his detractors. "He was wrong to do it," she added, attacking Culture Minister Rima Abdul Malak, who on Sunday denounced the "instrumentalization" of this case by the National Rally.
No link either with the ultra-right demonstration
"With remarks like that, she does not deserve to be minister of the French," said Marine Le Pen, who also defended herself from being "close" to two people who participated Saturday in a demonstration of ultra-right activists in Paris and who were identified by Mediapart.
"All the people who at one time or another (...) in the 50 years of existence of the National Front have had a responsibility of accountants or even elected officials are not part of my relatives, "she assured. The National Front (FN) became the National Rally (RN) in 2018.
On this demonstration, which has not been banned and which has provoked strong criticism on the left, she recalled that it is forbidden to march masked: "These provocations cannot be tolerated. This is unacceptable," she said.
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