Paris (AFP)
The RN candidate Marine Le Pen said on Monday that she feared seeing her project for the 2022 presidential election equated with the "very radical" comments of the Figaro journalist and CNews star columnist Eric Zemmour.
"On the electoral level I do not fear it because I do not believe at all that Eric Zemmour is likely to attract voters who would vote for me," said Marine Le Pen, interviewed on Friday by the Reunion Island news site Linfo .re, and who tweeted the article on Monday.
"The only fear I can have is that the words which are often very radical, and which I do not share with Eric Zemmour, may be assimilated to mine, that is to say that my project is the victim of a caricature with regard to proposals that are not mine, ”she continued.
For Marine Le Pen, "Eric Zemmour has a pessimistic vision of our country. This is not my case. This belief he has in the civil war is not mine, his vision of Islam that he considers incompatible with the Republic is not mine. I fight against radical Islamism which is an ideology. I do not fight against Muslims, I do not fight against Islam. I am very attached to the religious freedom and freedom of conscience ".
"So the only fear I have is that I wouldn't want there to be any confusion between what I wear, what I want to implement and what he could defend in the frame. of this presidential campaign, ”she added.
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Speculations are increasing on the inclinations of Mr. Zemmour to take the step towards active politics, while various personalities are speaking out in support of him.
In April, Marine Le Pen said the 24-hour news channel CNews, fined for "incitement to hatred" and "violence" after comments by its star polemicist Eric Zemmour about unaccompanied minor migrants , participated in "recreating the conditions for political debate" before the 2022 presidential election.
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