In a video posted on social networks on Tuesday, the far-right presidential candidate accuses the sponsorship system of being “made to protect the big parties”.
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Eric Zemmour will he be able to run for the presidential election next April? The far-right candidate said Tuesday, December 21, he feared not to obtain the 500 sponsorships of elected officials required to be able to stand for election. “It is possible that I will not get the sponsorships as the system is designed to protect the major parties”, he denounced in a video posted on social media.
The polemicist, expected Tuesday in the Dauphiné for a trip closed to the press, called on the mayors of France to “give a voice to millions of French people” and not to “let this election fly”. “My opponents’ last hope is that I won’t get my referrals”, argued Eric Zemmour, recalling that “many mayors” had nevertheless already granted him their promise.
A few hours after his declaration of candidacy on YouTube, Tuesday, November 30, the former columnist, supported by a relatively limited number of elected officials, supported by a relatively limited number of elected officials, affirmed on TF1 that it could rely on “200 to 250 sponsorship promises”. “It is not an easy task when you do not have an established party “, recalled in this video the recent founder of the “Reconquest” party which today claims nearly 60,000 members.