Far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour, who won 7% of the presidential vote, is now “very tempted” by one candidacy for the June legislative electionsand will render its decision in “A few days”he said on Monday to BFMTV.
“I am very tempted”, first suggested Mr. Zemmour. But “I’m still hesitating for a simple reason: will I be able, by introducing myself, to help all my comrades who are on deck?”continued the founder of the Reconquest party. “We have to lead the national campaign, to help each other. It’s not easy”insisted Mr. Zemmour again, specifying that his decision, “imminent”was “a story of a few days”, before the end of the week. Regarding his drop-off point, Mr. Zemmour indicated that he had “watched the constituencies” in which he has “made scores of more than 20%” in the first round of the presidential election, evoking “the Var”Where “Paris”.
Eric Zemmour pleads for an agreement with the RN
In view of the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, for which he intends to present “577 candidates”Mr. Zemmour has deplored that no negotiations are underway with Marine Le Pen who, according to him, “prefers to kill Reconquest rather than become a force with 100-150 chosen ones” at the Bourbon Palace. “If she really wants to resist the Assembly (…) she must agree to make an agreement”, argued Mr. Zemmour, while admitting to having had no contact with the leader of the National Rally since the second round of the presidential election. But “contact was never broken“, he assured, because “there are people talking to each other”within the RN and Reconquest.
Mr. 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 has sinned, “It’s Putin”he summed up, explaining that his electorate had then united behind Emmanuel Macron, in a “flag effect”then moved on to Marine Le Pen, following a useful vote. “The presidential election, you may think that it proves me wrong. I tell you that it proves me right”launched Mr. Zemmour, advancing that his theses, like that of the “great replacement”remain “the major subject”. “I’m not saying that the French were wrong (…). I’m saying that I lost, but that I will be right, I know that”he hammered.