Violence against elected officials, why so much hatred?

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The number of complaints from elected officials who are victims of violence has increased in recent years.

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AP - Francois Mori

By: Adrien Delgrange

Death threats, verbal or physical attacks, burnt personal cars, insulting letters, offensive messages on social networks.

The number of complaints from elected officials who are victims of violence is increasing.

At the end of the five-year term which is coming to an end, not a single deputy from the LREM group in the National Assembly would have escaped a malicious act during his term of office.

The phenomenon would even be exponential with the debates on the vaccination pass. 

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Violence against elected officials, why so much hatred?

this is the debate of the day. 

To discuss: 

Jacqueline Dubois,

LREM MP for Dordogne, member of the Cultural Affairs and Education Committee.

Jad Zahab

, essayist, author of

published by Cherche

Jean Garrigues,

historian, specialist in French political life, chairman of the parliamentary history committee 

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