Manuel Valls, former Prime Minister, was the guest at 8:30 am franceinfo Tuesday January 11, 2022. He answered questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
2022: Éric Zemmour “feeds on weaknesses, due to the fact that part of the left has abandoned the Republic”
Eric Zemmour “manipulates history in the service of a political project […] and that seems particularly dangerous to me “, denounced Manuel Valls to justify the writing of his book, Zemmour the anti-republican, slated for release on January 12. “His lies and his manipulation of history aim to break free from the dyke that separated the right from the far right”, according to the former prime minister.
For Manuel Valls, the far-right candidate for the presidential election “feeds on weaknesses and the fact that part of the left has abandoned the Republic, the flags, etc. It gave wings to this political movement”. He also believes that Eric Zemmour could make Marine Le Pen “more moderate (…). Its objective is the recomposition of the rights on the remnants of the National Front and the Republicans party “.
Manuel Valls, however, considers the former journalist and far-right polemicist as “one of the important players in this election”. In this context, Éric Zemmour, but also Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen, “must be able to compete because they represent political currents of thought. I think they will have these 500 signatures”, he assured.
Presidential: the left “risks being totally out of the game”
Left “risk of being totally out of play” at the time of the presidential election, also warned Manuel Valls. “Did you see what condition she is in? […] When we no longer think about major social issues […] in the end, we are no longer useful, we disappear “.
Today, “the left is not fighting to influence the country, to win the presidential election or to be present in the second round. It struggles to know which candidate will be ahead by plus or minus 10%” votes “therefore she cannot be useful”. For the former head of government of François Hollande, “what the French expect from the left is economic and social utility and on climate change issues”.
Despite everything, Manuel Valls still defines himself as a politician “leftist, republican”. Corn “this left has changed and evolved”, he laments. “I consider the word socialism to be a dead, outdated word “. However, if he wishes to wait for the “time come” to say what will be his vote for the presidential election “if it’s necessary”, he admits to having voted “for Valérie Pécresse in the regional elections”.