LR deputy Eric Ciotti, candidate for the right-wing primary, said on Sunday that he would vote for Eric Zemmour in the event of a duel against Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election, even if he does not "think" that the polemicist "could win this match".

"I would vote Eric Zemmour, very clearly," assured Eric Ciotti, questioned during the RTL / LCI / Le Figaro Grand Jury on his choice in the event of a Macron - Zemmour second round in April 2022.

Eric Zemmour "defends today ideas that for the most part I share", in particular "the observation of a decline of our country", underlined Mr. Ciotti.

As for the "convictions" of which Eric Zemmour was the subject, in particular a 10,000 euros fine for "provocation to racial hatred" and "public insults of a racist nature", they "appear" to Eric Ciotti "to go much too far" .

A vote but not a winner

But "we do not have the same history, the same affiliations", qualified the elected representative of the Alpes-Maritimes, recalling having "joined at 16" to the "Gaullist family".

And "there are subjects on which I am not in phase" such as "his analysis on the place of women in society", he continued.

"The only candidate who can win this election, who can disturb the duel between Mr. Macron and Madame Le Pen, (...) is the candidate of the Republican right and I do not think that Eric Zemmour could win this match, I also say it very clearly, ”said Eric Ciotti.

White vote between Le Pen and Macron

He who had slipped a void ballot in the ballot box during the second round in 2017 between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron also indicated that he "will reproduce (t) this vote" if the scenario were to repeat itself in 2022.

For the time being, there are five contenders for a possible primary (Eric Ciotti, Valérie Pécresse, Michel Barnier, Philippe Juvin, Denis Payre), to which we must add Xavier Bertrand, who did not wish to participate but applied to be the right-wing presidential candidate.

"In the end, whatever the path taken, I am convinced that in a few weeks, at worst, in a few months, we will have a candidate from the Republican right", also declared Eric Ciotti, calling for "the spirit of everyone's responsibility ”.

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