Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.

Bardella was at an event in Moissac, southwest France, to promote his latest book when a man broke the egg on his head.

The suspected attacker, a 74-year-old man, was arrested and taken into custody for violence against a public official, prosecutor Montauban Bruno Sauvage told AFP.

    • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      I mean, hitting someone with an object, whether solid or fragile, is violence. Mild violende is still violence. Justified violence is still violence.

      It should be up to a court to decide the severity of the assault and whether it warrants punitive action. In a fair and just society at least.

      And in a fair and just society, the decision should be a reprimand because judicial encouragement of violence is a bad idea, but no further action.