Europe 1 with AFP 9:32 a.m., February 19, 2022
The day after the meetings of Valérie Pécresse and Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate Éric Zemmour exhibits on Saturday in Normandy his new war prize from the RN, Nicolas Bay, during an open-air meeting near Mont-Saint- Michael.
The day after the meetings of Valérie Pécresse and Marine Le Pen, the far-right candidate Éric Zemmour exhibits on Saturday in Normandy his new war prize from the RN, Nicolas Bay, during an open-air meeting near Mont-Saint- Michael.
Hostilities marked on the far right
50 days before the presidential election, the three competitors are engaged in a fierce fight on the right and find themselves in a pocket handkerchief in the polls, around 15%, far behind Emmanuel Macron.
The next few days will be decisive in making the difference and gaining the upper hand within the conservative electorate before the campaign becomes electrified with the entry into the running of the president-candidate, on a date still unknown.
Hostilities are particularly marked on the far right between Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour.
Rising in the latest polls, the ex-controversialist continues to shop on the shelves of the National Rally.
Nicolas Bay, new recruit from Zemmour
The candidate Reconquête!, who does not rule out, in the event of victory, taking as Prime Minister Marion Maréchal, niece of the candidate RN, thus appears on Saturday with his latest recruit, the MEP Nicolas Bay and local of the stage since he is also a regional councilor in Normandy.
A practicing Catholic, more conservative on societal issues and more liberal in economics than Marine Le Pen, this former executive of the RN slammed the door with a bang, accusing the party of its "slightly sectarian excesses".
He also filed a complaint for defamation against the RN who accuses him of having "transmitted strategic and confidential elements" to Éric Zemmour, a "sabotage" which he disputes.