At least 50 candidates and activists have been abused during the elections. According to the interior minister, France is recruiting 30,000 police officers to monitor the elections.
In France, people are worried about the parliamentary elections held tomorrow, Sunday.
To the country’s interior minister by Gérald Darmanin according to at least 50 candidates and activists have been attacked before the elections.
For example, reports on attacks BBC.
On Wednesday, the government spokesman Prisca Thévenot, his assistant and party activist was beaten in Meudon, where the group was putting up election posters.
of Le Parisien according to Thévenot was not injured. However, the newspaper reported that one person was taken to the hospital and one person was arrested.
Prime Minister of France Gabriel Attal condemned the attacks on the candidates and called them cowardly.
According to Interior Minister Darmanin, the motive for the attack is unknown.
Darmanin says in an interview with the BFMTV channel that the political atmosphere in France is tense. At least 30 people have been arrested during the election.
Among those arrested are people who support both the extreme right and the extreme left.
According to the Minister of the Interior, 30,000 extra police have been recruited across France to monitor the election process.
The national coalition is predicted to win Sunday’s election.
The far-right won the first round of the parliamentary elections with about 33 percent support.
President Emmanuel Macron’s led by the centre-right Jäsnes coalition received around 21 percent of the votes.