Marine Le Pen may not take over the presidency of the RN, according to Chenu

"I am not sure that it is Marine Le Pen's choice at a time when we are talking about becoming president of a political party that she has led to an unprecedented level" in the presidential election, underlined Mr. Chenu on BFMTV, while the RN presidential candidate left the party presidency to Jordan Bardella in the fall to lead her campaign.

"She has brought together millions of French people well beyond a political label" and "she is recognized as being an immense political woman", which "means that she is not going to confine herself to a political party even if it would be the National Rally," he added.

Sébastien Chenu said "wish (er) that she can resume her mandate as deputy of Pas-de-Calais in Hénin-Beaumont", because "she is eagerly awaited in this constituency".

Marine Le Pen called on Sunday evening to embark on the battle for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.

Asked about the "union of rights" that wishes to form around his person Eric Zemmour, the candidate Reconquest!

in the first round, the RN spokesman repeated that the party is working on "a great patriotic union which goes beyond the left and the right", at a time when these "are well and truly buried".

It is the executive office of the RN which will decide on possible alliances with Reconquest!

for the legislative elections, and "we do not rule out supporting candidates who are not from the RN here or there", but "we are not going to embark on alliances on theories which are not ours", and " today it is not the political grub that the French expect”, insisted Mr. Chenu.

And to criticize the leader of Reconquête!, who collected 7% of the votes in the first round: "when he gives his advice today, his derogatory reflections, he should remember that politics is the school of the 'humility".

Sébastien Chenu also felt that "nobody believes in the idea of ​​a Jean-Luc Mélenchon (the leader of LFI who arrived third in the first round) Prime Minister", even if "he has the right to imagine that it is the center of political life,” he quipped.

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