The last stage of the rocket.
As suggested by his attitude and his statements since the start of the school year, Eric Zemmour officially announced his candidacy for the presidential election of 2022. “
My dear compatriots, (...) like you, I have decided to take our destiny into account. hand.
(...) It is no longer time to reform France, but to save it.
I have decided to run for president.
(...) Long live the Republic, and especially long live France!
", Confirmed the nationalist in a video published this Tuesday, November 30 on social networks, in which he uses the codes of General de Gaulle during the call of June 18: sitting at a desk, in a library, facing a massive radio microphone.
The whole with, for musical background, the adagio of Beethoven's 7th symphony.
A declaration whose format is unprecedented under the Fifth Republic, for a course that is just as much.
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Presidential 2022: where are the candidates in the polls?
In the space of two months only, Éric Zemmour has indeed been able to exploit the promotional tour of his latest book,
France has not said its last word
(Ed. Rubembré), to make it a launching pad for his candidacy. . Credited with barely 5% of voting intentions last summer, the 60-year-old recorded a meteoric rise in the polls, which catapulted him to nearly 18% of the vote. A result that places him regularly in front of Marine Le Pen (RN), and allows him to hope for a qualification in the second round of the ballot against Emmanuel Macron.
The fact remains that this impressive dynamic has seemed to stall in recent days, after a succession of controversies.
From his repeated remarks about Marshal Pétain, who would have "
saved French Jews
" during the Second World War, to his accusations against François Hollande, uttered on November 13 in front of the Bataclan, Eric Zemmour got caught up in a bad pass that he struggles to get out of.
With, in climax, his exchange of finger of honor with an activist "antifa" Saturday, come to conclude a chaotic trip to Marseille this weekend.
From journalist to candidate, the transformation insidiously started years ago
Guest of the 20H of TF1 this Tuesday evening, the candidate now relies heavily on the sequence that opens in front of him to reverse the trend.
He is counting in particular on his first major campaign meeting, scheduled for this Sunday, December 5 at the Zénith in Paris, to engage in a show of force, and thus complete his moult.
Which actually started insidiously several years ago.
A former print journalist, the essayist has in turn donned the caps of columnist, columnist, then polemicist on radio and television, before establishing himself as a successful author, and a key player in the debate. public.
To the point of being convinced in recent months by some of his friends, who had long encouraged him to take the plunge, and try his luck in politics.
