French presidential 2022: was Zemmour shipwrecked in Marseille?
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Éric Zemmour, at a press conference at Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde in Marseille, in the south of France, November 26, 2021. © Christophe SIMON / AFP
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Éric Zemmour is in Marseille.
The quasi-candidate for the French presidential election came to the Phocaean city to meet the inhabitants.
Problem: he was obviously not welcome in the streets of the second largest city in France.
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With our special correspondent in Marseille,
Julien Chavanne
His campaign team promised a stroll and a meeting with the inhabitants.
But Eric Zemmour will not have spoken to anyone.
"
It doesn't make you hot or cold, it seems,
" someone in the audience points out to him.
“
Oh yes, neither hot nor cold.
Finally, it is colder than hot,
”replies the probable future candidate.
Eric Zemmour's first field visit comes to an end.
Fifteen minutes at no charge, under the insults and boos.
With his face closed, Eric Zemmour minimizes: “
Listen, it was simply parasitized as usual by people who are activists who are well organized and then there you go.
We usually.
"
Not a single "selfie", while her rival
Marine Le Pen
chained them on each outing.
Not an exchange with a Marseillais, while the polemicist wanted to show himself in contact with the French.
At the foot of the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica, Éric Zemmour almost regrets having come to Marseille.
This is where Marseille is so symbolic.
It is the future of France if we do nothing, if we re-elect Macron, if we continue to have 400,000 immigrants per year, that's it ... We will continue like this.
Down
in the polls, Eric Zemmour was counting on this trip to regain some air.
The operation was unsuccessful, just days before the official announcement of his candidacy.
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