- A website released an intimate video and connoted messages to a woman on Wednesday evening, claiming they were from Benjamin Griveaux. Thursday, they were gradually shared and commented. Direct consequence: the candidate threw in the towel this Friday morning.
- Since his inauguration, he has faced in particular a fratricidal war with Cédric Villani, the revelation of a private conversation where he insulted his LREM opponents.
- "Whatever happens, we're going into the wall," noted a 20-year-old Parisian walker to summarize the gloom that reigned then within La République en Marche, less than two months before the municipal elections.
The fall. This Friday, the candidate of La République en Marche (LREM) for the mayor of Paris, Benjamin Griveaux withdrew his candidacy in order to protect his loved ones after the broadcast of a video of a sexual nature, he announced Friday. to AFP.
A website released an intimate video and connoted messages to a woman on Wednesday evening, saying they came from the former government spokesperson. Thursday, they were gradually shared and commented. Direct consequence: the candidate threw in the towel. “A website and social networks have relayed despicable attacks endangering my privacy. My family doesn't deserve this. No one, in essence, should never suffer such violence, "he said in a statement recorded at the start of the morning at AFP headquarters, in the presence of BFM Paris. Twenty-four hours before the shock wave, Benjamin Griveaux presented his program for the capital surrounded by his supporters.
"I tell you, I do not do in combination, because the coalitions of circumstance do not resist the strong tides. We need a collective solidly anchored on its values to hold the helm of the city of Paris ”, he launched. It was ultimately an unprecedented sinking. Back on a way of the cross punctuated by leaks.
"I can't do politics without putting my guts on the table"
Seven months ago, last July, the former government spokesman was appointed by the national investiture committee of LREM to defend the colors of the house against the outgoing mayor Anne Hidalgo. But Cédric Villani then decides not to support him. And will even appear in front of him. A fratricidal war that will weigh throughout the Benjamin Griveaux campaign.
On July 17, barely invested, he let go. According to remarks disclosed by Le Point , Benjamin Griveaux would have called "morons", "son of p .... ", His former rivals for the inauguration of La République en Marche (LREM) at the Paris municipal elections in 2020. On his competitor Pierre-Yves Bournazel, elected center-right in Paris and member of Agir - who will join him -, Benjamin Griveaux is said to have declared: "Who has been holding Bournazel by the c ... from the start, if not me?" His entourage immediately reacted, deploring a leak of "private conversation". But the image is tarnished. Despite the invitations, no trace of those concerned in the room, for the first meeting and the first speech of the candidate who will launch on stage: "I don't know how to do politics without putting my guts on the table".
Originally from Saône-et-Loire, described in Le Parisien as complexed not to have been born in the capital, he defends himself. “To be a Parisian is not to be born in Paris but to be reborn there. It was for the Parisians that I left the government. I'm a real Parisian, I groan a lot and very loud, when something doesn't appeal to me, ”he smiles. But the campaign does not take and the candidate continues the blunders.
"Whatever happens, we go to the wall"
On the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Vélodrome d'Hiver roundup, the candidate pays tribute on Twitter to the victims, but illustrates it with a photo dating from 1944 and showing French people who collaborated, gathered in Vel d'Hiv ' , after being arrested on Liberation. Relegated to third place in the polls behind Rachida Dati (LR), Benjamin Griveaux bets on his proposals. But many are mocked: The move from the Gare de l'Est to the gates of the capital to create a "Parisian Central Park", create "street managers", offer 100,000 euros to Parisians to buy property. Critics even flock to his own camp.
"Whatever happens, we're going into the wall," noted a 20-year-old Parisian walker to summarize the gloom that reigned then within La République en Marche, less than two months before the municipal elections. "It is true that there is no dynamic in his campaign," also whispered a minister. "I think he's a good guy, but he is so thirsty for success that it shows," said an LREM MP. "He also has this brittle image that sticks to his skin, that of the government spokesperson who mocks the French" smoking cigarettes and driving on diesel "," adds this party executive. Griveaux tries everything for everything. Meanwhile, he tries to call Cédric Villani, he will never answer.
"Split armor" until boning
During a meeting, he decides to "split the armor", according to his entourage and to evoke "his anxieties and his failures", as he recently said in a meeting. He wants to be more sensitive, to talk about his ordeals, he who was the victim of bedbugs. The day before the presentation of his measures for cleanliness in Paris, Benjamin Griveaux comes back to 20 Minutes on this episode of his life that took place last summer, at the start of a campaign… hectic. It's a nightmare. Benjamin Griveaux does not mince words on the phone. I am asymptomatic, when I get bitten, it doesn't show. This was not the case for my children and my wife. It is quite traumatic to wake up in the morning covered with pimples. ".
This Thursday, he talks about bed bugs, assumes to be a candidate "flush with bitumen" and "at the same time". Twenty-four hours later, he withdrew from the campaign. "By announcing my candidacy for mayor of Paris, I knew the harshness of the political fight," explained Benjamin Griveaux in a brief solemn declaration, recorded in the midst of very moved members of his campaign team.
"For more than a year, my family and I have been subjected to defamatory statements, lies, rumors, anonymous attacks, the revelation of secret private conversations as well as death threats," he continued. This torrent of mud affected me and above all hurt my loved ones. As if that were not enough, yesterday, a new stage was crossed. A website and social networks have relayed despicable attacks endangering my privacy. My family doesn't deserve this. No one, deep down, should ever be subjected to this violence. As far as I am concerned, I am not ready to expose myself and my family more when all blows are now allowed. It goes too far. "
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