France:presidential candidate Zemmour attacked with egg

In France, far right politician and political journalist Eric Zemmour was attacked with an egg as he stepped out of his car during a campaign trail in southwestern France’s Moissac. A political novice, Zemmour announced his bid to enter the presidential race last November. As soon as the politician, who had sparked a raging controversy with his remarks on how children with disabilities should be educated in schools, stepped out of his black car, a man, seemingly in his 70s, popped up right next to him and smashed an egg on the back of his head. A pensioner attacked French far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour with a raw egg on Saturday. The 70-year-old man smacked the egg down on Zemmour’s head in the southern commune of Moissac, the local prosecutor’s office said.

▶️Éric Zemmour a été visé par un œuf qu'un homme lui a claqué sur la tête à son arrivée à Moissac, où le candidat d'extrême droite battait campagne samedi matin pour la présidentielle pic.twitter.com/oChOUxVBcU

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The public prosecutor’s office said that Zemmour’s team had said the case should not be reported to the police. However, the pensioner could be forced to take a kind of civics course as a result of his actions. France will elect a new president in two rounds of voting on April 10 and 24. Zemmour is currently polling in third place, at 12.5 per cent, behind incumbent Emmanuel Macron and right-winger Marine Le Pen, at more than 30 per cent and about 18 per cent, respectively.