“I’d made that Instagram post precisely to avoid questions … I hadn’t anticipated a newswire dispatch on the subject,” she said.
Aubry said Thursday that she was “unlucky,” as France typically only sees about 150 similar venomous snake bites and two serious cases a year.
“At the hospital where I was treated, they told me they hadn’t seen one in 10 years,” she said.
The 36-year-old then struck a more positive tone, calling the meeting an important moment for her party’s leader and presidential candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who has gained momentum since announcing his candidacy in May.
“I see a tiny opening here — we’re going to win in 2027.”