Russia launched an armed offensive in Ukraine on Thursday, February 24.
Since then, the clashes have continued.
Several cities are bombed: Kiev, Kharkiv…
Among the many people to have visited the country, the deputy Joachim Son-Forget, support of Eric Zemmour in the presidential campaign and former LREM.
A trip within the framework of his mandate which is not to everyone's taste.
Joachim Son-Forget explained to
20 Minutes
the purpose of his trip.
“Well arrived in Ukraine with my trusty little car.
Sleep at the gas station before continuing tomorrow.
Here is the message, which shocked more than one, that MP Joachim Son-Forget posted on social networks, very early on March 8.
Another photograph attached to the message, a road sign which locates it less than 800 kilometers from Kiev.
Well arrived in #Ukraine 🇺🇦 with my faithful little car 🚙.
Sleep 🛌 at the gas station before continuing tomorrow.
💪 pic.twitter.com/2qqaryYYa0
— Forget Joachim (@joachim_forget) March 7, 2022
Access to this content has been blocked to respect your choice of consent
By clicking on "
I ACCEPT
", you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to third-party content
I ACCEPT
You can also modify your choices at any time via "choice of consent".
More information on the Cookie Management Policy page.
The former LREM deputy affirms to
20 Minutes
that this trip is "in the sole context of my mandate".
Nothing to do, therefore, with his involvement in Reconquest!
and in the campaign of Eric Zemmour, which he joined last December.
Contacted, the party did not respond to our requests.
“Nothing special except a very common job for me”
But what is this deputy going to do in a territory of war when the French embassy has advised its nationals not to go there?
Joachim Son-Forget explains to
20 Minutes
: “It is a general objective of support for the Ukrainians from a symbolic point of view, and a concrete objective of aid from a humanitarian point of view.
By his presence in the field, he also intends to "inform and understand".
“I arrive prepared and equipped, nothing less, nothing more.
»
Find our file
For him, this is a very common practice: "I traveled all over the former Yugoslavia before my mandate and held a lot of offline negotiations with the Syrian Sunni and Kurdish opposition and with the Russians, including for inform the French executive.
Finally, “nothing special except a very common job for me”.
Joachim Son-Forget wants to be reassuring all the same, and affirms that there is "no useless risk-taking either".
The explanations of the deputy remain all the same imprecise, and he advances the reasons: “I cannot speak about everything because certain people probably wish to compromise my personal safety during my stay, according to certain Twitter posts.
»
An irresponsible decision?
His trip did not please everyone, according to the exchanges with his former colleagues from La République en Marche.
In particular Marion Lenne, LREM deputy for Haute-Savoie, who accused him of being irresponsible.
“Joachim Son-Forget is reminded that the instructions from France diplomacy advising against going to Ukraine obviously apply to deputies.
Our services have enough to do with the evacuation of our French nationals!
Please don't make it difficult for them!
“, she posted on Twitter.
The man defended himself by pointing to the lack of action of his former colleagues: “The macronist lesson givers of the hemicycle who dress in blue and yellow and DO NOTHING behind, in the toilet!
»
Joachim Son-Forget is reminded that @francediplo's instructions advising against traveling to #Ukraine obviously apply to deputies.
Our services have enough to do with the evacuation of our French nationals!
Thank you for not complicating their task!#IRRESPONSIBLE pic.twitter.com/tJI7XOr6Sy
- Marion LENNE MP (@marion_lenne) March 8, 2022
Access to this content has been blocked to respect your choice of consent
By clicking on "
I ACCEPT
", you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to third-party content
I ACCEPT
You can also modify your choices at any time via "choice of consent".
More information on the Cookie Management Policy page.
Originally a socialist, the deputy of the sixth constituency of French people living outside France is on the move when it comes to his political positioning.
Since the start of his term of office, he has progressed more and more to the right.
He had resigned on December 29, 2018 from the LREM parliamentary group, following a controversy born of sexist tweets against Senator EELV, Esther Benbassa, which had earned him a warning letter from his party.
Following which he joined the benches of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI).
Joachim Son-Forget joined Eric Zemmour's party during the candidate's first major meeting in Villepinte three months ago.
He then clarified his motivations on the air of Sud Radio.
“I don't do it so much for Éric Zemmour as for the young people who make up the militant circle.
“And to add:” If Zemmour was the extreme right, I would not be here!
»
People
War in Ukraine: Hayden Panettiere launches a solidarity fund for Ukrainian fighters
World
War in Ukraine: “I am committed to Ukraine”, the platform to help individuals who wish to host refugees
World
War in Ukraine
Russia
Eric Zemmour
Deputy
0 comment
0 share
Share on Messenger
Share on Facebook
Share on Twitter
Share on Flipboard
Share on Pinterest
Share on Linkedin
Send by Mail
To safeguard
A fault ?
To print