The convention of the right, organized this Saturday in Paris, had fueled speculation about a possible return to politics. Marion Maréchal announced Tuesday that she "does not intend to be a presidential candidate of 2022".
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"I have joined a process that seems necessary to me: to reflect, to dialogue, to break the partisan dikes, but I do not intend to be a presidential candidate of 2022," said the former president. of Vaucluse.
This Saturday, she had met with his relatives, including polemicist Eric Zemmour to discuss an "alternative" to the policy of Emmanuel Macron. Marion Maréchal considers that the collapse of the Republicans in the last elections was an opportunity to move closer right and far right for the next election. His supporters had then projected to a candidacy of the niece of Marine Le Pen, in 2022.
"Too young" to represent the RN
The initiative annoyed Marine Le Pen, current president of the National Gathering. The latter had judged Marion Maréchal "a little young" to represent the RN in the next elections.
Marion Maréchal retired from politics in May 2017 to run a School of Political Science in Lyon.