Insulted, threatened with rape and death, LFI elected official Emma Fourreau files more than one hundred complaints

Targeted by a wave of harassment, the left-wing MEP, Sumud Flotilla activist and opposition city councillor in Caen (Calvados) announced that she had filed nearly 100 complaints on Wednesday, May 13. All of these messages were sent to her after she took a stance regarding the banquet organised in the city in mid-April.

Published on 14/05/2026 at 13:01

“Filthy leftist whore,” “I’ll shit in your face, bitch,” “Don’t go campaigning, you’re likely to get into a lot of trouble.” These are the kinds of vile messages that have been flooding the inbox and email of MEP Emma Fourreau for several weeks. There are dozens, perhaps even a hundred. The wave of cyberbullying began at the end of March, when the left-wing politician opposed a banquet organised by the Canon Français association in the city, scheduled for April 18. An event largely financed by the far-right billionaire Pierre-Edouard Stérin, which, beneath the veneer of feasting and lavish meals, “promotes racist and xenophobic ideas,” she explains.

“The far right continues its rampage” and “believes it can get away with anything,” denounces Emma Fourreau, who told Libération that she filed 101 complaints on Wednesday at the Caen police station related to these hateful messages. They concern alleged death threats, rape threats, sexually explicit messages, and racist remarks received both privately and in public comments. All are related to the Normandy banquet, she notes.

Among the insults received that the MEP sent us were: "dirty whore", "I hope you get run over by a bus and burn, you big piece of shit", or even "dirty carcass, I hope you get your face smashed in".

Threats that have crossed the boundary of the screen

A complaint filed by the left-wing activist concerns, in particular, a "long, disgusting article" published by neo-Nazi activist Boris Le Lay. Its title: "Having Emma Fourreau raped by Slavs in a Ukrainian brothel is my new artistic idea." Active for nearly twenty years, the far-right blogger is wanted by Interpol and lives in hiding in Japan, from where he continues to flood the web with his racist, anti-Semitic, and LGBT-phobic drivel.

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Two of the complaints filed concern incidents "that crossed the digital divide" and "materialised in real life," the MEP continued. Her parliamentary office, located in Caen, was targeted twice between April and early May. One person entered the office hurling racist insults, while another made "four Nazi salutes directly in front of the premises." These are "unacceptable attempts at intimidation," she denounced.

"End this impunity"

The elected official has therefore decided to take legal action to "put an end to the impunity of these men who think they are above the law." She also wants to stop the harassment directed "against women who stand up against the far right." This wave of hatred has also targeted the Socialist mayor of Quimper, Isabelle Assih, who has been subjected to "hateful and violent messages" since she decided to suspend the event in her city.

In an interview published in the far-right media outlet Valeurs Actuelles, one of the two directors of Canon Français, Pierre-Alexandre de Boisse, Géraud de la Tour, asserted in mid-April that legal action would be taken against the MEP, accusing her of "telling lie after lie with impunity" regarding their events. From its private account, the company had offered its "fullest support" to the mayor of Quimper "in the face of the degrading reactions she has received following her statements." "The people who did this are like those who harass us and therefore have no business being associated with us," added the two founders of Canon Français, who deny the racist incidents observed at their banquets.