The identitarian movement Nissa Rebela, generally considered a far-right political movement, is protesting against the meeting of UMP deputy-mayor Christian Estrosi. Two meetings are taking place at the same time, that of the UMP and that of the FN of Marine Le Pen. In total neutrality and to give everyone a voice, Nice Premium is broadcasting the Nissa Rebela communiqué.
“Local and national media have widely reported: Christian Estrosi will organize on September 11 a large UMP meeting in contrast to Marine Le Pen’s summer days being held in Nice.
The people of Nice have had enough of being merely a pawn in Estrosi’s Parisian career plan, who is merely trying to make a ridiculous show of force here.
Not facing Marine Le Pen, but actually in an internal party issue. Christian Estrosi is in an open conflict with Jean-François Copé and has not missed the opportunity in recent days to remind everyone that he leads the second-largest UMP federation in France.
A ridiculous show of force, because the people of Nice know very well how the UMP fills its meetings.
When contracts are awarded, when associations are subsidized, and especially when one leads the three main local government bodies (city of Nice, department, Urban community), it is not difficult to find people to fill the chairs, even if they are employees. Everyone here knows that in the context of UMP meetings, one should not speak of guests, but rather of ‘invitees’.
If the mayor of Nice really wanted to confront, he could have taken advantage of Marine Le Pen’s visit to offer her a debate that would certainly have interested many people from Nice.
But when you consider that he flees even when he comes across us at a market, and that our presence at the City Council is always experienced with anxiety, there was little chance that he would engage in such an adventure.
There is nonetheless good news in this grotesque posturing: Estrosi will not be able to go to New York for the commemorations of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Let’s recall that his trip to that city in January 2008 cost taxpayers 138,000 euros!” Nissa Rebela.
