Marine Le Pen has chosen the setting of the Louvre Museum to launch the final stretch of the race at the Elysée. The RN candidate unveiled a campaign video on Saturday January 15, in which she returns to the places where Emmanuel Macron celebrated his victory in 2017. “”To definitively close the parenthesis opened five years ago of toxic macronism for the country, I need you by my side”, affirms the candidate of the RN, in this clip of 3 minutes 30. Marine Le Pen multiplies the historical references there, like her competitor on the far right Eric Zemmour, while strolling in the courtyard of the famous Parisian building, “mythical place which symbolizes the continuity of France”.
Collapse of the country, downgrading of the French: it was at the Louvre that Emmanuel Macron’s five-year term began.
To reconnect with a collective destiny and a great national project, don’t wait for the presidential election: do it!
Find my statement from the Louvre ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/jmWJY2qCZh
– Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) January 15, 2022
On the side of the Louvre, we welcome these images with anger. Indeed, the candidate and her teams have never submitted a request for authorization for their filming which took place last Tuesday, according to information from the Parisian. Gold “any use of the image of the Pyramid must be authorized in advance”, explains the institution on a daily basis. This week, the management of the Louvre therefore asked the team not to broadcast the video, but without obtaining satisfaction. Contacted by The Parisian, after the clip was broadcast, she maintains her request for withdrawal.
“They moan for form. They don’t want trouble with power”, replied a member of Marine Le Pen’s team to the daily newspaper. “Who are these people who believe that the Louvre belongs to them?”, also reacted Jordan Bardella, president of the RN. “The Louvre, as they say themselves, belongs to all French people: Marine Le Pen does not have to ask for authorization to make a video in front of this symbol of the History of France”.
Who are these people who believe that the Louvre belongs to them?
The Louvre, as they say themselves, belongs to all French people: Marine Le Pen does not have to ask for authorization to make a video in front of this symbol of the History of France.https://t.co /SIjzS3liO2
—Jordan Bardella (@J_Bardella) January 15, 2022
“We belong to all French people”, commented, for his part, an internal source at the Louvre in The Parisian. “We cannot be the identity of a party, of a claim. However, in her clip, Marine Le Pen claims the image of the Louvre for her.” The Louvre pyramid already appeared in candidate Eric Zemmour’s campaign clip. The museum, too, had asked the campaign team to remove the offending passage.