RN Gironde said in a statement Friday that he had suspended a party candidate who had made "despicable" anti-Semitic remarks.
The RN "reiterates its strongest condemnation of anti-Semitism which has no place in its ranks," the statement added.
A candidate of the National Rally in the departmental elections in Gironde as well as in the regional elections in New Aquitaine, was suspended from her party for having made "despicable" anti-Semitic remarks, RN Gironde said in a statement on Friday.
"After having taken note of the ignoble remarks made by Madame Marta Le Nair, candidate for the Bordeaux 5 canton", the RN Gironde office "decided, in agreement with the national management, to withdraw its support for this candidate and to suspend her from National Rally, "the statement read.
These comments date from 2015 and 2020
The RN "reiterates its strongest condemnation of anti-Semitism which has no place in its ranks," the statement added.
The comments posted on the candidate's Facebook account were reported Thursday on Twitter by Matthieu Rouveyre, campaign director of Jean-Luc Gleyze, PS president of the department.
They date from 2015 and 2020.
Thursday, Geneviève Veslin, RN candidate in the departmental elections in the canton of Ahun in the Creuse, was also seen withdrawing her nomination by the party after making racist and anti-Semitic comments on social networks.
Last Tuesday, it was in Corrèze that an RN nomination had been withdrawn from a candidate for the departmental, Danièle Delavaud, for racist remarks.