Her remarks got here after studies from Reuters, Haaretz and Libération that France Unbowed lawmaker François Piquemal, who superior to the runoff within the Toulouse mayoral race however misplaced within the second spherical, was amongst these focused.
The allegations come on the heels of accusations by Slovenian regulation enforcement earlier this 12 months that an Israeli personal intelligence agency had helped leak recordings designed to affect the election in Slovenia in March.
The Israeli Embassy in Paris didn’t reply to a request for remark from POLITICO.
Piquemal, who was arrested by Israeli authorities final 12 months alongside activist Greta Thunberg on a so-called Freedom Flotilla trying to hold humanitarian support to Gaza, stated Wednesday he would attempt to have the outcomes of the second spherical of the Toulouse race invalidated over the alleged international interference.
Throughout inquiries to the federal government in parliament later within the day, Piquemal denounced what he known as “information of maximum gravity for our nation’s sovereignty” and warned such efforts may threaten the integrity of subsequent 12 months’s presidential election in France.
He additionally requested if the federal government would summon “the Israeli ambassador to ask for an evidence.”
