Presidential 2022 in France: Zemmour calls on youth for its last meeting
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Last campaign meeting for Eric Zemmour, Thursday evening (April 7) at the Palais des sports in Paris: the Reconquest candidate is alongside Marion Maréchal and Philippe de Villiers.
AP - Francois Mori
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Last show of force yesterday, Thursday April 7, for Eric Zemmour before the first round.
The reconquest candidate had chosen the Palais des Sports in Paris, where he had made an appointment with young activists.
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Eric Zemmour
wants to make the 4,500 young people present before him as many ambassadors.
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Don't give up, be combative!
I count on you as much as you count on me... French youth, France is proud of you!
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These young people, Eric Zemmour wants to convince them by pointing to the record of Emmanuel Macron.
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For many years, Macronie has masked you, condemned you to curfew, and never have the freedom and revolt of young people been so watched, muzzled, as under the reign of Emmanuel Macron!
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In front of a room of white-hot young people, Eric Zemmour also goes back to his fundamentals.
A way to register, after the first round, in the landscape of the French right.
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Today, the only religious war is jihad!
We are going to drive it out of our borders, manu militari and without negotiations!
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At the end of the meeting, young activists like Pierre, 18, are apparently ready to praise the merits of their candidate.
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I think he's the only one who can delay the collapse, facing Marine Le Pen who has a rather left-wing program and Valérie Pécresse who is disconnected from reality!
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Twelve candidates are in the running for the 2022 French presidential election. © FMM graphic studio
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