Her remarks got here after stories 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 legislation enforcement earlier this yr 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 yr alongside activist Greta Thunberg on a so-called Freedom Flotilla trying to hold humanitarian help to Gaza, mentioned Wednesday he would attempt to have the outcomes of the second spherical of the Toulouse race invalidated over the alleged overseas interference.
Throughout inquiries to the federal government in parliament later within the day, Piquemal denounced what he referred to as “details of utmost gravity for our nation’s sovereignty” and warned such efforts might threaten the integrity of subsequent yr’s presidential election in France.
He additionally requested if the federal government would summon “the Israeli ambassador to ask for a proof.”
