The rallying of Guillaume Peltier, ex-number 2 dRepublicans, to Éric Zemmour is “a non-event for us”, reacted Monday January 10 Valérie Pécresse, candidate LR at the Elysee Palace, in the “Presidential Mornings” of franceinfo. “It’s been months since he left us in his head, and besides he had been dismissed from his functions by Christian Jacob [le président du parti] in December”, she added. The deputy of Loir-et-Cher effectively lost his post of vice-president of LR after having published a tweet favorable to the candidate of Reconquest !.
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Valérie recalled that Guillaume Peltier first supported Xavier Bertrand during the LR congress to nominate his presidential candidate, before moving to Eric Ciotti’s camp “last week”.
“I wish him good luck [à Éric Zemmour], because in general, those supported by Guillaume Peltier do not win the elections. “
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“I want to convince all those who are today tempted by the Zemmour vote that the real right is me, that the right of credibility, that the right to do, that the right of experience is me. And not a commentator who will not be in the second round “, hammered Valérie Pécresse, in response to the words of Guillaume Peltier, who considers that the candidate of Reconquest! is “the only candidate of the right”.
Asked about the difficulties of Eric Zemmour to collect his 500 signatures of elected officials, essential in the race to the Elysee, she estimated that “anyone who represents a real current of thought in France must be able to stand for the presidential election”. “This is obviously the case of Eric Zemmour, who is now over 10% in the polls”, she added.
She also estimated “totally false” the National Rally accusations that she would help Eric Zemmour to have these signatures. “It’s not my role to bring sponsorships to anyone”, she insisted, adding that any mayor, deputy or elected Republicans who supports Eric Zemmour “de facto excludes” party.