Will he show up or not?
Far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour, who won 7% of the presidential vote, is now "very tempted" by a candidacy for the June legislative elections, and will make his decision in "a few days", he said. declared this Monday to BFMTV.
“I am very tempted”, first advanced Eric Zemmour.
But “I still hesitate for a simple reason: Could I, by introducing myself, help all my comrades who are on deck?
“, continued the founder of the Reconquest party.
Éric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) legislative candidate?
"I'm very tempted, but I'm still hesitant" pic.twitter.com/uEZpUMp4vf
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“We must lead the national campaign, to go and help each other.
It's not easy, ”said Eric Zemmour again, specifying that his decision, “imminent”, was “a story of a few days”, before the end of the week.
Marine Le Pen "prefers to kill Reconquest"
Regarding his starting point, Eric Zemmour said he "looked at the constituencies" in which he "scored more than 20%" in the first round of the presidential election, evoking "the Var", or "Paris".
In view of the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, for which he intends to present "577 candidates", Eric Zemmour deplored that no negotiations are underway with Marine Le Pen who, according to him, "prefers to kill Reconquest rather than become a strength to 100-150 elected officials” at the Palais-Bourbon.
“If she really wants to resist the Assembly (…) she must agree to make an agreement”, pleaded Eric Zemmour, while admitting to having had no contact with the leader of the National Rally since the second presidential tower.
But "the contact was never broken", he assured, because "there are people who talk to each other", within the RN and Reconquest.
Unhappy but assumed candidate
Eric Zemmour also returned to his first presidential candidacy, marked by a strong breakthrough in the polls, to the point of considering climbing to the second round, before failing at 7%.
"It's my failure, my disappointment," he first agreed, before citing Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the main reason for his defeat.
What sinned, "it's Putin", he summarized, explaining that his electorate had then united behind Emmanuel Macron, in a "flag effect", then had reported on Marine Le Pen, following a helpful vote.
“The presidential election, you may think it proves me wrong.
I tell you that she proves me right, “launched Eric Zemmour, arguing that his theses, like that of the” great replacement “, remain” the major subject “.
“I am not saying that the French were wrong (…).
I say that I lost, but that I will be right, I know it, ”he hammered.
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