Presidential: in Guadeloupe, an eventful first visit for Marine Le Pen

Amandine Ascensio, edited by Wassila Belhacine 1:40 p.m., March 27, 2022, modified at 1:42 p.m., March 27, 2022

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Marine Le Pen, who is continuing her campaign, is currently in Guadeloupe.

A first since his father Jean-Marie Le Pen was prevented from getting out of his plane for a tour of the West Indies, just before the 1988 presidential campaign. 

This time, Marine Le Pen was able to carry out part of her program, but suffered the wrath of nationalist organizations in Guadeloupe, described as "far left protesters" by her teams, in the evening.

"Guadeloupeans do not want this person"

If Marine Le Pen was welcomed to the sound of the "ka", the traditional drum of Guadeloupe and to the cheers of her activists, her early evening was eventful.

While she was recording a television program, nationalist organizations from Guadeloupe invaded the set and prevented the interview from taking place.

Laurence Makada, spokesperson for the Alliance Nationale Guadeloupe movement, explains this gesture: "It is important for us to say that Guadeloupeans do not want this person who represents a party that has not changed at all."

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25% of the votes in Guadeloupe in 2017 for Marine Le Pen

However, in the afternoon, the candidate was still able to give the reasons for her coming to the island: "I really wanted to come to the West Indies. I wanted to tell Guadeloupeans that I am not uninterested in their difficulties and that I have generally made the Overseas Territories an important part of my project. I wish to implement a Ministry of State for the Overseas Territories and the Sea which is autonomous in relation to ministries, that he is not always whining to claim this or that funding", she detailed at the microphone of Europe 1

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In 2017, Marine Le Pen won nearly 25% of the second round votes in Guadeloupe.