Marine Le Pen, RN presidential candidate, conceded Saturday in Marseille that Eric Zemmour, with the “
brutality
” of his proposals, was doing him “
service
”, in particular by refocusing it politically.
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“
The brutality that emanates from Éric Zemmour's proposals and his mono-thematic
aspect (Editor's note: on immigration)
shows that we have, as far as we are concerned, a complete, worked, precise and immediately applicable project, with teams to wear it.
So it is true that in mirror, somewhere he is doing us a service,
”admitted Marine Le Pen, traveling for two days in Marseille.
"
From the moment he is a candidate, he will become a competitor
"
"
I think that the analysis consisting in saying he refocuses me and allows a new quality of listening to the project which is mine, freed from
a priori
a little easy that it attracts to him, the analysis consisting in saying that 'he can represent a reserve of votes
(Editor's note: for the second round)
more important than that of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan in the last presidential election
(Editor's note: when the candidate of Debout France had rallied to her)
, are certainly elements to take into account,
”she added.
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For the deputy of Pas-de-Calais, Éric Zemmour, with whom she says she never had "
very close relations
", "
remobilizes the left
" with "
his excesses
": "
It is in the interest of the return of the left cleavage - law.
But that is also to create the republican front
, ”underlined the RN presidential candidate.
And if at the RN "
we have abandoned brutalities
(of language, Editor's note)
for more than ten years now, it is out of conviction, because I do not recognize myself in it, but also because this glass ceiling linked to over-mobilization of the left facing us is a major drawback
, ”she explained.
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The former president of the RN warned Eric Zemmour in passing: "
From the moment he is a candidate, he will become a competitor, and I will not refrain from saying what I think and pointing out our differences. , as it does
”.
After accompanying a police patrol on Friday in the northern districts of the city, where she explained that she wanted to "
wage war on drug trafficking
", the RN candidate went to a market in Plan-de-Cuques (Bouches -du-Rhône) before returning to Marseille to meet activists, visit the gastronomy and winegrowers fair and finally the Santons Fair in the Old Port, where she bought a santon bearing the effigy of Professor Raoult.