Europe1 .fr with AFP 7:58 p.m., February 15, 2022

The fight continues between the National Rally and Éric Zemmour.

Marine Le Pen's campaign spokesman and MEP Nicolas Bay has been suspended from all his functions within the National Rally, the party announced on Tuesday.

He is accused of having transmitted secret information to the Reconquest candidate.

MEP and leading member of the RN Nicolas Bay, who plans to join Eric Zemmour, was suspended on Tuesday from his functions within the party for having transmitted information to the rival of Marine Le Pen, announced the leadership of the party.

"We have had confirmation that Nicolas Bay, taking advantage of his presence in the highest instances of the campaign, has been transmitting strategic and confidential elements for months to our direct competitor Éric Zemmour. (...) The executive office of the RN has taken the decision to suspend him from his campaign spokesperson as well as from all his other responsibilities", wrote the executive office (management) of the RN in a message to the executives of the movement, evoking a "real sabotage".

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