Even though his decision was increasingly an open secret, the date of the announcement was a mystery.

According to his entourage, Eric Zemmour will announce his candidacy for the presidential election this Tuesday noon in a video before being the guest of the 8 pm newscast of TF1.

"A message to the French" will be "broadcast on our social networks," said his entourage Monday evening, confirming information from several media.

Members of his team have also already tweeted #Zemmourcandidat.

"The adventure will begin tomorrow at 12h", tweeted Monday evening Stanislas Rigault, who leads Generation Z, the youth movement of the soon to be candidate.

A first campaign meeting on Sunday

Four and a half months before the election, the former editorialist of

Figaro

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, obsessed with immigration and Islam, is therefore preparing to officially launch at the end of an electric pre-campaign, punctuated by many controversies. . Eric Zemmour, 63, is due to hold his first real 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.

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.

A less favorable dynamic

On the other hand Eric Zemmour, twice convicted of incitement to racial hatred in the past, declares himself when the polls settle around 14 to 15% of voting intentions in the first round, behind outgoing President Emmanuel Macron ( 25%) and the RN candidate 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.

He thus concluded on Saturday a heckled visit to Marseille by an exchange of fingers of honor with a passer-by.

A "very inelegant" gesture, he agreed the next day.

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