Mr. Zemmour, who does not hide his presidential ambitions, went to the Bataclan on Saturday evening where he reiterated his criticism of the former head of state.

"He knew there would be terrorists and did not protect the French and made a criminal decision to leave the borders open," Zemmour told reporters.

Friday in Bordeaux, he argued that "the government was aware of the danger and he preferred that the French die rather than prevent + migrants + from coming to France".

François Hollande spoke strongly on Radio J on Sunday against "unfounded, indecent and unworthy" statements.

"The terrorists of November 13 came from Belgium, they are Belgian or French," he said, recalling the measures taken to "control arrivals from outside" the EU.

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"It is indecent to be in front of the Bataclan, to speak of a war of civilization in front of the building itself" while using "the very language of the terrorists", also noted the former president.

And it is "unworthy because it suggests that those who led France are criminals", added François Hollande, inviting to put Eric Zemmour and those following his "drift" on "side in the republican pact".

The then Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, pointed out on Twitter the "lies distilled by this character whose sole purpose is to sow doubt and hatred".

Marion Maréchal, niece of Marine Le Pen and friend of Eric Zemmour, for her part told Europe 1-Cnews-Les Echos on Sunday that she did not believe "at any time that there was the intentionality of François Hollande to cause the death of anyone "but that" his irresponsibility at the time was criminal irresponsibility ".

Arthur Dénouveaux, president of the association of victims Life for Paris, described Eric Zemmour on Twitter as a “burial desecration”: “No politician had ever spoken on November 13 on one of the targeted sites”.

"It is political cowardice to use these victims. It is not possible to use false, unfounded and unfair information to rekindle this pain", abounded on BFMTV Me Samia Maktouf, lawyer in his forties of civil parties in the ongoing trial of the attacks.

"Nobody wants to hear this type of words in a moment of contemplation," also said Marlène Schiappa, Minister for Citizenship, on Franceinfo on Sunday.

"His word as a mountebank is dirty and unworthy of our country", also ruled the vice-president of the Assembly Hugues Renson (LREM) on Twitter, among other elected members of the majority.

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