Victor Chabert 9:02 a.m., March 19, 2022

Éric Zemmour held a meeting on Friday in Metz.

In front of more than 4,000 people, the Reconquest candidate held an offensive speech.

Distanced by Marine Le Pen in the polls, which now place him in third or fourth position, the former journalist from "Figaro" has reserved sharp spades for him, and insists that he will be in the second round.

Offensive speech.

In front of 4,000 supporters gathered at the Arena of Metz, Éric Zemmour charged Marine Le Pen at length, before embarking on a retrospective of his campaign.

Now estimated between 11 and 13% in the polls, the former journalist from

Le Figaro

has taken a combative turn for the past few weeks of the campaign.

Marine Le Pen, again the target of Éric Zemmour

Distanced by Marine Le Pen in the voting intentions, Éric Zemmour vigorously attacked the RN candidate, to the cheers of his supporters.

"Marine Le Pen cannot win and never will. She lost in 2012, she lost in 2017, she will lose in 2022, 2027 and 2032".

Then to continue: "Marine Le Pen does not want to save her country, she wants to save her party".

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These words signal a change of strategy for Éric Zemmour.

In recent weeks, he has rather targeted Emmanuel Macron, and almost overplayed the duel against the outgoing President.

A Reconquest strategist also confided when the former journalist was very high in the polls: "In January, we targeted Le Pen, in February, Pécresse, in March, it's Macron".

Except that the curves have dropped, and qualifying for the second round looks more difficult.

Éric Zemmour is therefore once again concentrating his attacks on the candidate who is barring his access to it to this day, Marine Le Pen.

Controversies, mistakes, learning… A retrospective of his campaign

Éric Zemmour then did a long retrospective of the past few months, ensuring that he understood what the French expect from a President of the Republic, and finally that he is a better candidate than when he declared his candidacy. , last November.

The Reconquest candidate returned to the controversies that have punctuated his campaign, on disabled children, or Ukrainian refugees, denouncing the dishonesty of his opponents "who do not seek to debate but to kill". 

The former journalist from

Le Figaro

even admits having made mistakes, but declares that he will not make them again, putting himself once again in the posture of the neophyte candidate who is learning, in the face of professional politicians.

"It's a difference between the other candidates and me. They always make the same mistakes, all their lives. I only make them once," he said.

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In conclusion, Éric Zemmour hammered at his activists that they had 23 days left: "23 days to mobilize, to tow, to limp, to stick. 23 days and 23 nights to meet the French who no longer believed , who no longer hoped and who no longer voted".

A big meeting organized by Reconquête will take place next week in Paris, place du Trocadéro.

Several tens of thousands of people are expected.