After placing a wreath in front of the statue of Joan of Arc, Marine Le Pen gave her traditional May 1 speech on Facebook. During this intervention of about twenty minutes, the president of the National Rally pointed out the contradictions of the government, in particular on the question of masks.

Despite the confinement, the leader of the National Rally has not renounced the tradition. Friday, for May 1 of his party, Marine Le Pen went, masked, in front of the statue of Joan of Arc, place des Pyramides in Paris. Accompanied by Jordan Bardella, she laid a wreath there. Then, at the end of the morning, the former presidential candidate made a speech of about twenty minutes, on Facebook. 

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In this speech, Marine Le Pen pointed out the contradictions of the government, in particular on the masks. "Warlords without strategy," she accused in particular. "The reality is that our leaders have defined their battle and communication plan not according to the efficiency and the duty of protection vis-à-vis the French, but more pitifully and in an unavowable way according to the shortcomings and public shortages for which they were responsible, "lambasted the patroness of the RN. 

"This crisis alerts us to the state of our country"

Quoting General De Gaulle on numerous occasions, Marine Le Pen said that he refused the idea of ​​a government of national unity, and raised an appeal for the future. "Because this crisis alerts us to the state of our country, to the shortcomings that have led us to this difficult situation, it calls the country to great alternation, that is to say to an authentic change to find, with the national resilience, paths to security and greatness. "

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At the end of his speech, Marine Le Pen called on the French to "scrupulously" follow the instructions against the epidemic. But Internet users have criticized his exit from Paris, in full confinement.