For the president of CRIF, Marine Le Pen is impeccable, not her … – Le Figaro

THE SCAN POLICY – Roger Cukierman estimated Monday morning necessary to distinguish the president of FN its activist base that counts him as “deniers”, the “Vichy” and “Petain”.

Tonight, like every year, a number of political figures expected to show at the dinner of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF). 30th annual the important political office in the context of concern hanging over the Jewish community in France since the beginning of January attacks. Invited on Europe 1 on Monday morning, the president of CRIF said, not surprisingly, a prominent political responsibility will not be present: Marine Le Pen. Roger Cukierman said he had not invited the president of FN, although he has “nothing against him personally,” and issued its analysis on its motion.

“ I think we all recognize in the Jewish world, behind Marine Le Pen, who is irreproachable personally there every deniers all Vichy, all Pétainists and therefore for us, the Front National is a party to avoid , “continued the president of CRIF. Asked about the temptation of FN vote within the Jewish community in France, Roger Cukierman procrastinate and prefer to recall a temptation “extreme minority.” The latter has also clarified his thought: “ The FN is a party for which I will never vote. But this is a party that today does not commit violence must say things. All violence committed by Muslim youth. It’s a small minority of the Muslim community and the Muslims are the first victims. “

A statement that caused a stir in the political class. Guest LCI Monday, the Socialist deputy Alexis Bachelay railed: “ Policy makers should condemn the remarks of Roger Cukierman and boycott the dinner of CRIF “. A shared emotion by MP Guy Delcourt Twitter. Despite this appeal, Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls will be among the 700 guests expected, as Nicolas Sarkozy.

This analysis Roger Cukierman also angered Serge Klarsfeld, “Ms. Le Pen has not broken with his father. She heads the National Front bearing liabilities Semitic pronouncements of the father who is honorary president of the National Front, “responded to AFP the lawyer and historian, son of a deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau.

This is not the first time the words of Roger Cukierman about the FN are controversial. On 23 April 2002, in an interview with the Israeli daily Haaretz , he had hoped that a victory for Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round of the presidential elections serve as a warning to curb the development of anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in the Muslim community in France. His comments had caused outrage in the Jewish community.

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