Marion Maréchal does not want to take a position.
Five months before the presidential election, the former member of the Front National underlines the "
delicate
"
situation
in which she finds herself.
Caught between Marine Le Pen - her aunt and candidate for her former party - and Eric Zemmour - the almost-candidate for whom she has "a
lot of sympathy
".
On the set of the Grand Rendez-vous Europe 1-CNews-Les Échos, the former deputy pleaded not to have to choose between the two and that the campaign would create a "
single candidacy behind the best placed
".
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"
I think that efficiency should drive this unique candidacy
", declared the director of Issep Lyon.
"
The campaign is going to be a good way to separate each other since, in the weeks to come, we will see if the momentum takes hold or not
", she continued, recalling her quality of "
Observer of all this
".
"Opponents from the same camp"
To work for this agreement, the former elected representative of Vaucluse therefore applied to highlight the points of convergence between Marine Le Pen and the polemicist. First on their understanding around "
the identity question
". If the two protagonists have "
nuances
", they seem to agree that it is an "
essential question
". Then on the notion of "
great replacement
", often used by Eric Zemmour. “
I do not believe that there is a fundamental disagreement on the observation (...), I think that there is a difference in the way of verbalizing it. (...) Basically, I think that the migratory threat is admitted by both
», Defended Marion Maréchal.
Finally on the theme of purchasing power, put forward by the contender of the RN but put aside by the essayist, "
both are not incompatible
".
"
I consider that they are opponents of the same camp
", she concluded.
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Regarding Eric Zemmour, Marion Maréchal has all the same sketched a point of nuance.
Thus, the former member believes that the outputs of the near-candidate on Pétain are not necessarily "
relevant
".
This does not prevent him from defending an "
interesting
"
approach
, which consists in "
looking at different parts of history (...), being able to debate them, bringing nuance, not having a monochromatic vision
".
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The words of the polemicist affirming that François Hollande "
preferred that the French die rather than prevent 'migrants' from coming to France
" concerning the Bataclan attack did not bother Marion Maréchal either, who did not "
even understand not the controversy
”. "
I do not believe at any time that there was the intention of François Hollande to cause the death of anyone,
" she said. Before adding: “
Nevertheless, his irresponsibility at the time is a criminal irresponsibility. (...) His naive intention (to welcome migrants) has led to extremely serious things
. "
On this same attack, Marion Maréchal admitted to the RN to have been at the time "
the only party to alert on the situation in the general indifference
".
“
We must pay tribute to him on that.
"
