After a few weeks of an agitated pre-campaign, the far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour officially announced his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election, this Tuesday at noon, in a live video posted on his YouTube channel.
The polemicist spoke in a video of several minutes, entitled "It is time to act".
The candidate will also be present this Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. on TF1, he said, confirming information from his communications manager.
“Eric Zemmour will declare himself a candidate this Tuesday around 12 noon and will also be at 8 pm on TF1,” Samuel Lafont tweeted on Monday evening.
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- Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) November 30, 2021
Competition for LR and RN
After this announcement, the
63-year-old
former
Figaro
and CNews
columnist
will hold his first campaign meeting on Sunday afternoon at the Zénith in Paris.
The CGT, Solidaires and anti-fascist activists have already promised a demonstration to “silence Zemmour” at 1 pm in the capital.
Convicted twice for provoking racial hatred, Eric Zemmour declares himself at a time when the polls settle around 14 to 15% of voting intentions in the first round, behind outgoing President Emmanuel Macron (25%) and the candidate of RN Marine Le Pen (between 19 and 20%).
And in a turbulent period for his camp, where some criticize an organizational deficit or the omnipresence of his advisor Sarah Knafo.
By declaring himself Tuesday, the polemicist, who aims to bring together right-wing and far-right voters, parasitizes the process of investiture underway among the LRs who decide between their five contenders from Wednesday to Saturday.
They must debate one last time on television on Tuesday evening, just after the 8 p.m. news.
He also embarrasses his far-right rival Marine Le Pen (RN), who lamented Tuesday on Sud Radio that he "disperses voices useful for the recovery of the country".
"It does nothing," she said, criticizing in particular the "brutality" of its measures on immigration or its vision of women.
She considers that he has not "transformed" into a candidate and hopes that he "refocuses" it.
The challenge of funding and sponsorship
The supporters of Zemmour pride themselves on having already weighed on the themes of the campaign, particularly on the fight against immigration, the number 1 subject of the polemicist, associated with his criticisms of Islam, a "civilization" that he considers "incompatible with the principles of France". Follower of the conspiracy theory of the “great replacement” of the European population by non-European immigrants, its most controversial measure aims to force people to bear a first name of foreign origin. The controversies have multiplied during his pre-campaign.
Notably when Eric Zemmour pointed a gun at journalists during a visit to a security fair or went to the Bataclan, on the day of commemoration of the November 13 attacks, to accuse former President François Hollande of not to have "protected the French".
Or when he asserts, against the advice of historians, that Pétain would have "saved Jews from France" during World War II.
Even in the cover of his latest book, "France has not said its last word", Eric Zemmour makes former US President Donald Trump a source of inspiration, even if he does not enjoy the support of a great party.
Our file on Eric Zemmour
The constitution of a network on the ground will also be one of its many challenges, if only to obtain the 500 sponsorships of elected officials necessary for a presidential candidacy.
His camp ensures to rely on 250 to 300 sponsorship pledges.
He will also have to collect donations for his campaign, while he has already lost the support of financier Charles Gave, who lent him 300,000 euros.
The polemicist is also accused of sexual assault according to several testimonies of women collected by Mediapart.
But no complaint has been announced against him.
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