The president of the National Rally Marine Le Pen wished on Saturday that Eric Zemmour, who is following her in the polls for 2022, "
reserves his pikes
" to the head of state Emmanuel Macron who bears, according to her, "
responsibility
" of "
the situation of the country
". “
I would like Eric Zemmour to realize that I have no responsibility for the situation in the country and that it is Emmanuel Macron who is in power. He should therefore reserve his pikes for the President of the Republic rather than someone who defends France with conviction, honesty and pugnacity (for) longer than him,
”said the presidential candidate on the sidelines of a trip in Pernes-les-Fontaines, in the Vaucluse. "
I am the best placed as a national candidate (...), I am convinced that at some point he will hear it and join my candidacy,
”she added.
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She welcomed the remarks of the MEP RN Gilbert Collard, who attended one of the conferences of the polemicist and potential candidate on Friday in Nîmes, in the neighboring department of Gard, and reported that he had come “
as a reader and not as a voter
”. "
I think the message is quite clear,
" said Marine Le Pen. She also does not have the "
slightest concern
" with regard to the mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard, close to the RN, who welcomes this Saturday in his city the polemicist who multiplies the pikes towards the candidate of the RN which he considers incapable to win in April 2022.
About a column of teachers published in
Le Figaro on
Friday
who called for support for Eric Zemmour, including former RN activists, Marine Le Pen said they were people "
who had not been reinvested by the RN
”or had“
not been elected
”and that“
it is bitterness that makes them join Eric Zemmour
”.
The candidate had distributed leaflets on the city market just before, sharing in particular with a shopkeeper her concerns about fuel.
For "
constrained expenses
" which are increasing, Marine Le Pen recalled her proposal to lower the VAT on gasoline, electricity and gas from 20 to 5.5%.
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For Ginette 91 years old, voter for always of the RN, and her granddaughter Marie-Blanche, “
it would be necessary
” that Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour “
combine
”, because, if they vote RN, they “
like
” too. the polemicist who "
gives them a good time
".