"Opposed to self-defense": Emmanuel Macron's entourage corrects the statement

Jacques Serais, edited by Ugo Pascolo 6:18 p.m., April 01, 2022

It is a controversy that has not stopped rising for 24 hours.

Thursday, Emmanuel Macron answered a question from Europe 1 during his trip to Fouras, in Charente-Maritime.

Arrested about a news item that shook Charente, the neighboring department, last week: a farmer was indicted for murder, after fatally shooting a burglar who broke into his home. 

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 Emmanuel Macron to Europe 1: "I am opposed to self-defense"

Words that made the other candidates react

At our microphone, [as it is possible to listen to via the link above, ndlr], Emmanuel Macron declared: "Everyone must have security and it is the duty of public authorities to ensure it. But , I am opposed to self-defense. It is very clear and it is intractable because otherwise it becomes the Wild West. And I do not want a country where weapons proliferate and where it is considered that it It's up to citizens to defend themselves."

Since then, several presidential candidates have reacted, condemning Emmanuel Macron's remarks.

Starting with Éric Zemmour, who himself sparked controversy several weeks ago by proposing to broaden the principle of self-defense.

The candidate of the Reconquest party then defended the principle of excusable defence: "If a person is attacked and acts in an excusable state, caused by the immediacy of the attack, then the condition of proportionality can be set aside".

It is therefore no surprise that he reacted to the words of the current president: "If burglars break into your home when you are alone with your daughter, Macron believes that you must let yourself be killed. With me, you will have the right to defend yourself if you are attacked. 'Do not enter' will mean something again."

LR candidate Valérie Pécresse also tweeted in which she declared: "Bad reaction from Emmanuel Macron to the murder of a burglar. It is not self-defense that must be opposed, it is a right of every citizen, but to the generalization of self-defense."

“I am opposed to self-defense”: E #Macron's bad reaction to the murder of a burglar.

it is not self-defense that must be opposed, it is a right of every citizen, but the generalization of self-defense.

#SafetyForAllhttps://t.co/XEBb9f2v68

— Valérie Pécresse (@vpecresse) March 31, 2022

"Against the presumption of self-defence"

For her part, Marine Le Pen called on Emmanuel Macron to "rectify his statement. Everyone is against self-defense, but the president cannot oppose self-defense, which is perfectly legal. This statement is serious. ."

This Friday, following the avalanche of reactions to this statement, Emmanuel Macron's entourage explained to Europe 1 that in reality, the candidate meant that he was "against the presumption of self-defense ” and not “against self-defense, as evidenced by the continuation of his remarks in his answer.” 

“A word was missing” in the sentence pronounced by Emmanuel Macron, recognizes an adviser to the candidate who regrets the “instrumentalization” which is made of this declaration.