The hardest part begins for Eric Zemmour.
Now that he is a presidential candidate, the polemicist will pass on the grill of major political programs.
On December 9, he was the guest of the France 2 prime time program “Élysée 2022” presented by Léa Salamé and Laurent Guimier.
According to our information, it will be opposed in debate to the Minister of the Economy, Bruno the Mayor. The track, which had been mentioned a few days ago, is confirmed - the Elysee and Matignon have given their go to the Minister of the Economy. “We take Eric Zemmour seriously,” comments the Minister's entourage. We approach the exercise without fear or boastfulness. There are red lines that cannot be crossed, such as saying that the Vichy regime saved Jews, which is revisionism. Other names had also circulated such as that of government spokesman Gabriel Attal.
The choice of Bruno le Maire is not trivial. It is a way of taking the polemicist into the economic field and of taking him out of his favorite subjects, which are immigration and security. The minister also has ants in his legs. He has already distinguished himself with strong attacks against the essayist. “I see people explaining to you that Eric Zemmour is a charming, intelligent and cultured person. For me, he has none of these three qualities ”, he tackled, for example, on November 10 in the program“ C'est à Vous ”.
“Bruno the Mayor sees an opportunity for a fight and he is solid, analyzes a communicator of the majority.
Bruno, it's a bit like Djokovic.
There are very few balls coming out, it's not necessarily spectacular, but it's hard to shake.
It will be welcome because Éric Zemmour, opposite, has been doing TV shows for ten years… ”
In recent weeks, many members of the government refused even the idea of debating with Eric Zemmour, for fear they admitted in private to "raise", "put him at the center of the game" or "not be able to. criticize his program, as long as he has not revealed it ”.
Instructions had even been given to members of the government by the top of the executive to wait for the essayist to declare himself before attacking him head-on.
This condition is now fulfilled.
