Europe 1 with AFP 10:20 p.m., February 16, 2022

RN MEP and former spokesperson for Marine Le Pen's campaign, Nicolas Bay, announced in an interview with "Figaro" that he is joining the team of ex-polemicist Éric Zemmour for the 2022 presidential election. "I deeply believe in his candidacy, his project and his strategy," he said.

MEP and leading member of the National Rally, Nicolas Bay, dismissed from office on Tuesday by the party for "sabotage" for the benefit of Eric Zemmour, announced Wednesday evening that he was "fully committed" to the candidate of extreme right rival of Marine Le Pen.

"I have decided to fully commit myself alongside Éric Zemmour in the presidential campaign because I deeply believe in his candidacy, his project and his strategy", affirms in

Le Figaro

the MEP.

"By constantly seeking to appease the moral left, I think that we are making a political but also a tactical error. And we now see that the candidacy of Marine Le Pen arouses a certain indifference", he adds.

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