“It’s a matter of days”, said the far-right polemicist, Eric Zemmour, interviewed Monday, November 22 on franceinfo on the possible announcement of his candidacy for the presidential election. He will make this announcement “when he decides it will come, don’t be impatient “, he added, believing that “anything can still happen”.
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Eric Zemmour then introduced himself as the “alone in power” save France, “the only one with the courage and the determination to do it”, denouncing the fact that during his career as a political journalist, “a lot” politicians told him “you’re right, in private” doing “quite the opposite in public”. “I tell myself that the situation is tragic, that my country can die, that it is in the process of no longer being France, of being replaced by another people and another civilization”, he denounces.
While Marine Le Pen criticized him for being “a competitor” and “a beginner”, during a trip to Marseille on Saturday, Eric Zemmour admitted to being “probably a competitor, since since it is a question of [sa] candidacy, Marine Le Pen lost 12 points “. He also agreed with him on the accusation of “beginner”, ensuring to be “proud”.
“I am not damaged by political struggles, partisan struggles, calculations and small compromises.”
Eric Zemmourto franceinfo
Eric Zemmour adds that “Madame Le Pen has never managed anything, has never governed, she has only ever been president of her party which she has led to virtual bankruptcy” by recognizing him however his mandate of deputy. According to him, “the only difference” that he has with Marine Le Pen, “is that she has no chance, ever, of winning the presidential election”, considering that “all her voters were humiliated by her behavior during the 2017 debate where she scratched herself live”.
The candidate of the National Rally also criticized him for being the candidate of the elite, which Eric Zemmour recognizes with “pride”, assuming “to have worked for it” in obtaining “diplomas”. He reproached her in turn for wanting “to be the candidate of the popular bloc” against “the elite bloc represented by Emmanuel Macron”. “I think it’s a political dead end, with only this popular bloc she is doomed to lose”, he continues. According to him, “a part of the elite bloc, of the patriotic bourgeoisie, must reach out to the popular classes”, “the only way to win” the current president and “to save the country”.
“I am the candidate for the alliance between the popular classes and the patriotic bourgeoisie.”
Eric Zemmourto franceinfo
Eric Zemmour, considering that “France will only be saved by the alliance between the patriotic elites – who are not all globalized and who have not all broken with France – and the popular classes because the only link with the popular classes is not sufficient”. He also assured to be supported by former voters of François Fillon and voters of Marine Le Pen, as well as abstentionists. According to him, “it’s normal” that the Republicans and the National Assembly be “annoyed by his arrival”, some to have no popular voter, the other to have no CSP + voter “.