"I will be a candidate, but I will be in the second round" of the presidential election, assured Mr. Zemmour, guest of the Elysée 2022 program on France 2.

"I will not abandon the people who trusted me," he added visibly troubled, when he was revived on the prospect of a candidacy for the legislative elections.

The Reconquest candidate is currently credited with 9 to 11% in the polls, in fourth or fifth position in terms of voting intentions.

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