Candidate for European Parliament elections pelted with eggs in France

The leader of the joint list of the Socialist Party and the Place Publique party in the European Parliament elections, Raphael Glucksmann, was pelted with eggs and paint at a May Day demonstration in the city of Saint-Etienne in southeastern France, Report informs via France Bleu radio.

Glucksmann planned to march through the streets of Saint-Etienne in a column of trade unions celebrating Workers' Solidarity Day on May 1. However, a group of aggressive students demanded that he leave the procession.

Because of the attack, the politician had to end his participation in the rally early.

In a comment to journalists, he noted that among the attackers were activists of the leftist party La France Insoumise and the Trotskyist party “Permanent Revolution”.