Presidential in France: the RN faces the possible candidacy of Eric Zemmour
Polemicist Eric Zemmour.
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In recent months, the rumor has been that the polemicist Eric Zemmour would have presidential ambitions, pushed by some supporters.
This weekend, the media phenomenon admitted for the first time that it was thinking "
to take action
".
A little sentence that gripped the camp of Marine Le Pen.
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I think very highly of Eric Zemmour, an intellectual but not a candidate
";
"
A TV man, but not a meeting man
".
And here is Eric Zemmour dressed for the winter by the close guard of Marine Le Pen.
The day after a program in which the polemicist confirms that he is thinking about 2022, the slogan is simple: demine.
"
Yes, he
wants
to go, but he will end up being lucid
", wants to believe an executive.
Invited on RFI, the MEP RN Jérôme Rivière
pleaded in favor of a "
duo
" between Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen, like that formed by the intellectual "
Raymond Aron and General de Gaulle
".
"
You have a personality who debates, who puts things on an intellectual level, and on the other side a personality who is in the political field and will appear before the voters
" to "
propose a project
", a detailed Jérôme Rivière.
"
This is how things will be resolved in the coming months
."
" Take action "
Journalist at
Le Figaro
and columnist on the CNews channel, Eric Zemmour said in an interview with the
Black Book
media to
think more and more about "
taking action
".
"
I make more and more proposals, I think more and more about how to apply what I say
", he explains.
In this interview, the 62-year-old polemicist, twice convicted of inciting racial hatred, returns to his favorite themes: immigration, Islam and the "veiled woman", and believes he is attending a "
change of people
"and"
a war of civilization
"
Marine Le Pen therefore split a phone call.
"
Do not weaken the national camp
," the candidate for the Elysee would have told him.
Because Eric Zemmour could deprive her of a handful of decisive points in 2022. "
He must not be our Taubira
", worries a figure of the extreme right who wonders about the timing: why start while the RN - and Marine Le Pen - could take a step forward in regional.
According to
the Politico letter
, Eric Zemmour would be looking for a campaign manager.
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