Dozens of candidates and their associates have been attacked during the French parliamentary election campaign, according to Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. “This election campaign is short, less than three weeks, and yet we have already counted 51 candidates, deputies or supporters who have been physically attacked,” Darmanin said on the BFMTV channel on Friday. Around 30 people with diverse profiles had been arrested in connection with the incidents, the minister said. An attack on Wednesday on a team of French government spokeswoman Prisca Thevenot, who is standing for election in the Pa…