For Le Pen, a candidacy of Zemmour would weaken "the national camp"

The RN candidate Marine Le Pen estimated Sunday that a 2022 presidential candidacy by Eric Zemmour, the

journalist

and CNews star columnist, would risk weakening "the national camp" in this election.

“I am deeply attached to democracy (…), that only poses one question to me: what is the point of this candidacy?

», Commented Marine Le Pen during the RTL-

-LCI

Grand Jury

.

According to the head of the RN, "objectively, it is a candidacy that can help Emmanuel Macron to come out on top in the presidential election, which the polls do not grant him for the moment".

Search for a campaign manager

Speculations are growing on Eric Zemmour's inclinations to take the plunge into active politics, while various personalities are speaking out in support of him.

According to the Politico letter, Eric Zemmour would also have sought a campaign manager.

When questioned, Marine Le Pen said she spoke with the journalist.

"I said to him:" you are a columnist and a writer respected and listened to. Do not weaken, even a little bit, the national camp to which you are attached "", she commented, without wanting to come forward. more on the content of this exchange.

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