(Paris) Marine Le Pen embarks on Saturday in the home stretch of the race for the Élysée in a video recorded at the Louvre, where Emmanuel Macron celebrated his victory against her in 2017, with the hope of rekindling his duel against to the outgoing president, despite other rivals.
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“It is here, five years ago that Emmanuel Macron began a five-year term that Emmanuel Macron presented as ambitious […] five years later, the promise of this “confidence that obliges”, of this benevolence displayed, of this reconciliation proclaimed, of this affirmed humility, of this respect for everyone, have vanished”, says Marine Le Pen in this 3-minute clip 30.
She multiplies the historical references there, like her competitor on the far right Éric Zemmour, strolling through the courtyard of the Louvre, “mythical place which symbolizes the continuity of France”, chosen to deliver “a message of mobilization and hope”.
“To definitively close the parenthesis opened five years ago of toxic macronism for the country, I need you by my side”, she concludes in this video broadcast the day she was to hold a “presidential convention” in Reims , finally postponed due to “the health situation”.
The far-right candidate is also due to hold a press conference on France’s presidency of the European Union on Tuesday, the day before Emmanuel Macron’s speech to the European Parliament.
However, the Head of State, who no longer hides his “desire” to be a candidate, intends to highlight the French presidency of the EU as the high point of his mandate.
It is thus for Marine Le Pen to regain her place as the first opponent of Emmanuel Macron and to reinstall the cleavage between the camp of the “globalists”, whom the president embodies in her eyes, and that of the “nationals”, whom she intends to represent.
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Meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen at the Élysée Palace on February 6, 2019 in Paris.
“Speak Fairly”
Faced with the “mega supra banker candidate” (Emmanuel Macron), the RN candidate claims to represent “the France of the forgotten” and the working classes.
She accuses the president of “dividing” the country, “persecuting” the unvaccinated, and sowing “chaos” when she promises “national unity” and “tranquility”.
But Marine Le Pen is now in competition in her own camp with Éric Zemmour, who affirms that there is “no monopoly of the national candidacy”, and on the right by Valérie Pécresse, given shoulder to shoulder with her according to recent polls.
Mr. Zemmour and Mr.me Pécresse, who became candidates on November 30 and December 4 respectively, were even each given, briefly, in the second round in his place.
She wants to sweep them away by putting them in the same bag, accusing the “candidate of the plateaus” (Éric Zemmour) of serving as a “stepping stone” for the “candidate of the metropolises” (Valérie Pécresse) thanks to the sponsorships of elected LR in favor of the former columnist.
She also presents herself as the only “reasonable” candidate. When Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “piss off” the non-vaccinated, and Valérie Pécresse brings out Nicolas Sarkozy’s “Karchër” to “clean up the neighborhoods”, she replies that she does not want “to speak loudly, but just”.
” Reassure “
“People need certainty, a compass, a candidate who is not agitated”, affirms the one who bet on “de-demonization” to come to power.
Marine Le Pen, who wants to “reassure” the French about her ability to exercise power, after her failed debate in 2017 and her failure in the regional elections, admits that Éric Zemmour, by the “brutality” of his proposals, “refocuses” her. and can represent “a reserve of votes” in the second round.
Still, despite his desire not to fall into excess, the tone rose between them. “Everything is fake about him,” she said. Mme Le Pen is the “Arlette Laguiller of the national right”, retorted his rival.
On the EU presidency, Marine Le Pen also intends to position herself against Emmanuel Macron.
MEP Nicolas Bay denounced in Point a “communication operation at the service of [la] presidential campaign” of the outgoing president.
The candidate, who has given up on leaving the euro, now defends a Europe “of nations and cooperation” with, underlines Nicolas Bay, “real borders” and “having the same civilization in common”.