The putative far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour on Sunday recognized a “very inelegant” gesture the day after an exchange of fingers of honor with a passerby in Marseille who created controversy.
“
Madame, this was not the place for a debate as I like them, time was running out.
So I used the only language that you and your 'antifas' comrades understand immediately: yours, ”
wrote the polemicist on Twitter.
“However, imitating you was very inelegant, I readily admit. EZ ”
, he added, in the face of the many criticisms after his gesture and the doubts expressed on his ability to lead the country.
This is a rare concession from the probable candidate since the launch of the pre-campaign in Toulon in mid-September by the essayist, familiar with the controversies and twice convicted of incitement to racial hatred.
Falling in the polls
After this gesture, Marine Le Pen called on him to join his candidacy, believing that he was not in a position to beat Emmanuel Macron in the presidential election of 2022.
“In general, the change from polemicist to candidate for the presidential election did not happen
, ”she told the LCI / RTL / LeFigaro grand jury.
He
"does not seem very comfortable in this exercise,"
she added.
In an Ifop / Fiducial poll for the Sunday Journal and Sud-Radio, Emmanuel Macron (stable, between 25 and 28%) and Marine Le Pen (between 19 and 20%) would still be in the lead if the presidential election took place on Sunday , while the putative candidate Éric Zemmour loses two to three points in three weeks (between 14 and 15%).
