It’s official ! After months of suspense, Eric Zemmour announced his candidacy for the next presidential election. The former CNews columnist formalized his decision in a video posted on social media. “It is no longer the time to reform France, but to save it. This is why I decided to run for the presidential election,” said Eric Zemmour before continuing: “I was satisfied with the role of journalist, writer, Cassandra, whistleblower. I thought then that a politician was going to seize the torch that I passed on to him. I said to myself ‘to each his profession, to each his role, to each his own fight ‘. I came back from this illusion. “
In his video, the new presidential candidate used many extracts from films, archives … without paying the rights, according to Le Figaro. And that’s not all. In this same video, we find many celebrities, like Georges Brassens, Barbara, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Brigitte Bardot or even Valérie Trierweiler. One thing that does not pass.
The nephew of the singer Barbara denounced an “appropriation as revolting as scandalous” of the image of the artist who died in 1997. Same story on the side of the journalist Valérie Trierweiler. The former companion of François Hollande let her anger explode in a tweet: “Zemmour uses my image in his abject clip at the antipodes of my convictions. I demand the immediate withdrawal, by then my lawyer is studying the follow-up to be given. I am resolutely for universalist values, far from this call to hatred “.
Even the government could not help but react. For the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, referred to the video of Éric Zemmour’s candidacy, which he described as “absolutely despicable”. One thing is certain: if Eric Zemmour was looking to create a buzz, it’s mission accomplished!
Zemmour uses my image in his abject clip at the antipodes of my convictions. I demand the immediate withdrawal, by then my lawyer is studying the follow-up to be given. I am resolutely for universalist values, far from this call to hatred.
– Valerie Trierweiler (@valtrier) November 30, 2021
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