Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced that he had lodged a defamation complaint against Audrey Pulvar, head of the Socialist list in the regional elections in Ile-de-France, after his remarks on the police demonstration held last Wednesday.

Gérald Darmanin announced Sunday evening on Twitter that he was filing a complaint against Audrey Pulvar, head of the Socialist list in regional elections in Ile-de-France, who had deemed "quite chilling" the police demonstration on Wednesday in front of the National Assembly. 

Madame Pulvar's words go beyond the simple framework of an electoral campaign and deeply defame the police of the Republic.

I am filing a complaint on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior.

- Gerald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) May 23, 2021

A complaint for "defamation"

"Madame Pulvar's remarks go beyond the simple framework of an electoral campaign and deeply defame the police of the Republic. I am filing a complaint on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior", tweeted the minister, strongly criticized by the opposition for saluting the police at the start of the rally. This is a complaint for "defamation", told AFP the entourage of Gerald Darmanin, himself a candidate for regional in Hauts-de-France and departmental in the North.

A demonstration "supported by the extreme right, in which participates a Minister of the Interior, who marches on the National Assembly to put pressure on the deputies in the process of examining a text of law concerning justice, it is a image which for me was quite chilling ", had explained the ex-journalist Saturday on

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