Louis de Raguenel, edited by Gauthier Delomez 6:14 am, January 6, 2022

Although he struggles to meet the 500 sponsorship pledges, necessary to officially stand for the presidential election, Eric Zemmour has already raised more than 9 million euros as of December 31, 2021. A very high amount at this time. period of the year.

In comparison, Emmanuel Macron had raised 7.2 million euros in February 2017.

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The nerves of war of a presidential campaign: the 500 sponsorships and the financing.

In difficulty on the first, the former polemicist Éric Zemmour, launched in the race for the Élysée, is much more comfortable on the second.

According to information from Europe 1, the amount of donations and memberships was 9 million euros for the candidate from the right to the right as of December 31.

A very high amount at this time.

For comparison, Emmanuel Macron had collected 7.2 million euros in February 2017, which was already considered an achievement.

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The reluctance of banks

In total, for Emmanuel Macron's campaign, the future president had managed to raise nearly 15 million euros in 2017, and had also borrowed 9 million euros from banks. Eric Zemmour's team knows that his candidate will need to borrow money from banks. A very sensitive subject because banking institutions are increasingly reluctant to be associated with political figures.

Even if negotiations are underway with the credit mediator at Bercy and at the Ministry of the Interior, responsible for helping candidates in their relations with banking institutions, a relative of Eric Zemmour wants to believe from Europe 1 that the pecuniary issues will not be a problem.

And to conclude, confident: "We throw poles gently, but for now, when we see the amount of donations, we have no concerns."