Environmentalist candidate Eric Piolle hit in the street in Grenoble
The Monde.fr with AFP | • Updated

The environmentalist candidate Eric Piolle, won the first round of municipal in Grenoble , was beaten in the street, Friday, March 28, by a man who did fall down, do we have learned from the Police .
Mr. Piolle was alone on his bike, Stalingrad street at 22 h 50, when a white van slowed to its height. The passenger of the van then hit him with a kick, making him fall to the ground. He was not injured in the altercation. A passerby witnessed the scene. Mr. Piolle filed a complaint to the police.
Several politicians have supported the environmentalist candidate as first secretary of the Socialist Party , Harlem Désir and Minister EELV equal territories and housing , Cécile Duflot, who expressed “shocked and appalled” by this aggression.