Louis de Raguenel, edited by Manon Fossat 10:49 am, October 26, 2021

Marine Le Pen is received Tuesday by the ultra-conservative Hungarian leader Viktor Orban, the opportunity for both to hammer home their sovereignist message six months after delicate elections.

A crucial meeting for the candidate of the National Rally, a few weeks after the visit of Eric Zemmour.

It is for the candidate of the National Gathering a highly anticipated meeting, a month after the visit of the polemicist Éric Zemmour, his potential rival, but not yet declared in the French presidential election of 2022, and of his niece Marion Maréchal.

Marine Le Pen is in Budapest on Tuesday to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

An extremely important visit to strengthen its international credibility.

And the stakes are such that she arrived Sunday evening in Budapest, for a series of private visits which took place on Monday. 

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After a welcome on the tarmac in Budapest by the personal protection of Viktor Orban, worthy of a head of state, Marine Le Pen went to visit the Saint-Etienne basilica while the great organs played Jean-Sébastien Bach to the full. pipes.

In this place conducive to prayer, visibly moved, she collected herself and even lit a candle for France.

Quite a symbol.

A unique visit

At lunchtime at the New York Café in Budapest, an orchestra surprised her

with Edith Piaf's

La vie en rose

, as well as the music for the film

The Professional

.

Monday ended with a moment of meditation in front of the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial, dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Shoah.

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Suffice to say that Marine Le Pen did everything to ensure that her meeting this Tuesday morning, followed by lunch with Viktor Orban, goes as well as possible.

Especially since it is the first time that she has met the Hungarian Prime Minister.

The credibility issue is immense for Marine Le Pen after Eric Zemmour's visit.

A trip that had been very publicized.