“The Macronist bloc is gathered, the Islamo-leftist bloc is gathered, the patriot forces should be gathered”, estimates on franceinfo Nicolas Bay, the vice-president of Reconquest!. He regrets the “fatality” of the Le Pen camp who repeats that Emmanuel Macron will have his majority in the National Assembly. “We must federate the patriotic forces to avoid that or, at least, so that there is a real opposition which is not a Melenchonist.” According to his calculations, in the first round of the presidential election, the RN would come out on top in “180 constituencies” versus “370” as part of an alliance.
He “deplores” this refusal of an alliance. The RN “prefers to have 7 or 8 deputies whose usefulness we do not necessarily see rather than to have 50 with others”he judges before criticizing Marine Le Pen frontally: “She made everyone flee, she cut off all the heads”quoting Florian Philippot or Marion Maréchal. “Shop reflexes totally trump real politics”further castigated the vice-president of Reconquest.
“The Rassemblement has become a dead star, that is to say both a significant electoral force but which has no more activists, personalities, no more executives and no more ideas.”
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“We don’t beg”, however assures Nicolas Bay, who recalls that Reconquest intends to propose 550 legislative candidates. As for the desired rapprochement with the RN, “we’ll see in the second round”he resigns himself now. “Sustainably, they will understand that it is in the national interest to come together.”
Legislative: militants of the GUD or of Génération identitaire invested who have been dissolved ➡️ “Did they break the law? They were at the border with fluorescent jackets,” says Nicolas Bay. “You can be against same-sex marriage without being homophobic.” pic.twitter.com/Rh480pasMv
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In addition, Nicolas Bay rehabilitates the controversial candidates of Reconquête!.“You will find it in all the parties”, he says. Among them are the former spokesperson for Génération Identitaire Damien Rieu, a close friend of the GUD, Pierre d’Herbais, or even Samuel Lafont, who distinguished himself by homophobic tweets. “No! You can be against same-sex marriage without being homophobicassures Nicolas bay. A joke in bad taste on social networks, it can happen. This is not necessarily acceptable but does it disqualify a candidate? I do not believe. In a democracy, it is up to the voters to judge. Not to the judges or the media.”
Legislative: militants of the GUD or of Génération identitaire invested who have been dissolved ➡️ “Did they break the law? They were at the border with fluorescent jackets,” says Nicolas Bay. “You can be against same-sex marriage without being homophobic.” pic.twitter.com/Rh480pasMv
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