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Chants of “To the Scaffold” Greet French MEP François‑Xavier Bellamy at Gare du Nord

He filed a legal complaint, casting the episode as part of escalating verbal threats toward right‑wing politicians.

Overview

  • Bellamy said about a hundred demonstrators confronted him at Paris’s Gare du Nord on October 2 during a nationwide strike day and chanted “Bellamy à l’échafaud.”
  • The Les Républicains MEP was traveling to the European Parliament in Brussels and told Europe 1 he was insulted and that any discussion quickly became impossible.
  • He described the incident as evidence of rising verbal violence and pointed to a recent Le Point survey on targeting of right‑wing figures.
  • Bellamy said far‑left activists, particularly from LFI, have circulated his image on social networks and that he has lodged a complaint against them.
  • Authorities have not announced arrests linked to the Gare du Nord confrontation, while an earlier case involving death threats to deputy Bartolomé Lenoir led investigators to identify a suspect.