Zemmour candidate in 2022? "If I didn't go, I would disappoint a lot of people"

Europe 1 11:00 a.m., September 26, 2021, amended 11:31 a.m., September 26, 2021

"There is enthusiasm for my candidacy": on Europe 1, CNews and Les Echos, Sunday morning, Éric Zemmour welcomed the enthusiasm around the possibility of seeing him as a candidate for the presidential election, a decision that it has not yet taken (and even less formalized).

"I will choose at the time," he said during the

, questioned about his political inclinations, about which many rumors have been circulating for several weeks.

The prospect of a "betrayal"

Once again, Eric Zemmour therefore avoided questions about his possible candidacy, while considering the possibility of carrying a "betrayal" if he did not appear.

"If I didn't go, I would disappoint a lot of people, that's for sure. And it will be taken as desertion, betrayal, etc. It counts in my decision making."

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Relaunched on the risks of being perceived as the bearer of betrayal in the event of renunciation, the polemicist responded indirectly.

"I hope that in my life I don't have to show these flaws," he slipped with a smile.

The author of

 is credited with around 10% of voting intentions in the latest opinion polls, although he has not declared himself.