Paris (AFP)

The sovereignist presidential candidate Nicolas Dupont-Aignan wondered Thursday whether it was necessary to "arrive at" the dismissal of Emmanuel Macron so that "he stops harming" and "destroying democracy", in particular about of the health crisis.

"By dint of being locked up, provoked, despised, attention the French are more and more numerous to want to revoke him. We no longer count the calls for the triggering of article 68 (of the Constitution) on the dismissal of the president of the Republic, "said the president of Debout la France, during his greetings to the press, citing a call in this direction from the singer Francis Lalanne.

"Will it have to come to this, for him to be accountable to the nation, to stop destroying our democracy, to stop harming?"

he asked.

"There is an urgent need to change policy before the popular explosion," added the member for Essonne, who "does not want us to come to that" because he is "respectful of the institutions".

But "at a time, when orders are stupid and ineffective, the people rebel", warned Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, who has already demonstrated alongside the former FN Florian Philippot near the Ministry of Health against the " coronafolie ".

"To imprisonment for life", he said "preferring to make effective control" at the borders, distribute FFP2 masks to the most fragile, double the resuscitation beds.

He also defended the reopening of restaurants.

The candidate for the Elysee Palace also deemed "promising" the rate of 7% of the vote, which is credited by a recent Harris Interactive poll.

He also castigated again the Le Pen-Macron duel announced for the second round in 2022. "It's a bit like football. When you want to beat the opposing team, you don't put the wrong players on the pitch. Marine Le Pen is not the best player to put on the field to beat Emmanuel Macron, "he said.

The former ally of Marine Le Pen in the second round of the 2017 presidential election chose this time to go it alone.

This has generated departures of DLF executives to the RN, which Mr. Dupont-Aignan has identified at 38 people, out of 12,000 members.

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