The reaction was quick. Shortly after hearing Guillaume Peltier announce his rallying to Eric Zemmour's candidacy on Europe 1 on Sunday morning, the President of the Republicans immediately clarified the situation of the ex-number 2 of the party.
“While he no longer exercised any responsibility in the instances of LR, Guillaume Peltier is back to basics by joining Éric Zemmour. By this decision, he is in fact excluded from our political family and can no longer claim to be, ”
responded Christian Jacob. Same as LR group in the Assembly.
"Guillaume Peltier is de facto sidelined from our group Les Républicains,"
said Damien Abad, confirming that the deputy for Loir-et-Cher would no longer sit with the LR elected in the Hemicycle but with non -registered.
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The deputy of Loir-et-Cher, often considered as the standard bearer of the line furthest to the right of LR, considers that Eric Zemmour represents "
the only candidate of the right, the only candidate faithful to the values of the RPR
".
According to him, the former journalist would also be "
the only fundamentally courageous and lucid candidate on the state of French society
" and also "
the only one capable of beating Emmanuel Macron because capable of bringing together all the right-wing voters
".
In the ranks of Eric Zemmour, we applaud a rally of weight, which we analyze nothing less than as
"a turning point in the campaign".
Guillaume Peltier, who will be present alongside Eric Zemmour during his greetings to the press on Monday, will be appointed spokesperson for the campaign and the Reconquest party! Gone are the days when, at the end of September, the campaign team quipped about the political nomadism of Guillaume Peltier. And ensured that if the LR were free to support Eric Zemmour, nothing would be done to push him there…
“We had doubts that he would be able to take the plunge
, explains the inner circle of the candidate.
But we have found him very courageous in recent months, especially when he defended Eric Zemmour after the Villepinte meeting. ”
Not being able to trust ... this is precisely the criticism that Valérie Pécresse had against Guillaume Peltier during their interview.
In early December, the essayist called Guillaume Peltier to assure him of his support after he was relieved of his post as vice-president of the Republicans.
Another personality has also used his influence to make this rally possible: the founder of Puy-du-Fou Philippe de Villiers, for whom Guillaume Peltier was, for a time, the spokesperson.
Guillaume Peltier's rallying to Éric Zemmour was no longer really a surprise on the right, since, recently, he had stressed that he
could not remain
"insensitive
"
to Eric Zemmour's first campaign speech, delivered in Villepinte, early December.
"One way,
he then reacted on social networks,
to unite all right-wing voters with The Republicans."
In recent weeks, the former vice-president of LR had hesitated. Through Valérie Pécresse's communications director, Geoffroy Didier, with whom he created La Droite forte ten years ago, Guillaume Peltier had met the candidate on December 8, wishing to obtain a big post in the Republicans campaign. .
“I asked him a number of questions, it lasted almost an hour and a half, and among others a major question.
Does it commit, unlike 2017, not to support, not to rally Emmanuel Macron in 2022. We are January 9, I did not have the answer, ”
says Guillaume Peltier, judging not to
"Not to trust".
Not being able to trust… this is precisely the criticism that Valérie Pécresse had against Guillaume Peltier during their interview.
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At Les Républicains, his position was received very coldly. Elected officials pointing to his
“reversals”
and
“successive zigzags”,
from Philippe de Villiers to Eric Zemmour, via Nicolas Sarkozy, Laurent Wauquiez, then Xavier Bertrand last July. Even his
“friend”
Eric Ciotti, whose candidacy he supported at the end of the LR congress, said he was
“disappointed”
by
“Guillaume Peltier's attitude”.
Pécresse declined to comment on the news.
"Everyone knew that he was already gone, that he is alone and that he plays Macron's game,"
simply sweeps those around him.
Above all, many keep in their throat the justification put forward by the elected:
"I made the decision to support the only candidate of the right, the only candidate of the RPR."
Guillaume Peltier having never been a member of the RPR, but at the time an activist in the FN ... A party that fought the RPR.
After being said to be close to Robert Ménard, who is today with Le Pen, he tried to show off without success at Bertrand, now he sells himself at Zemmour.
He goes where we will talk about him
Annie genevard
"Peltier, that doesn't involve anybody, it doesn't move any voice. He was totally isolated, ”
judges a tenor LR. For Annie Genevard, too, this rallying is a
“non-event”
and the
“logical continuation”
of a personal process.
“
After saying he was close to Robert Ménard
, who is now with Le Pen, he tried to show off without success at Bertrand, now he sells himself at Zemmour. He goes where we talk about him, ”
criticizes the one who replaced Peltier as LR vice-presidency.
His colleague Olivier Marleix in his turn regrets the political choice of a boy whom he considers
“sympathetic and talented”
without knowing
“where his convictions are.” “He has all the faults of a young man in a hurry who leads him to lead his politics like an adventurer.
It is very symptomatic of a generation which believes that one has missed his life if one has not been a presidential candidate at 50 years, ”
analyzes the deputy of Eure-et-Loir.
Its return to the back shops of the far right is excellent news.
Good riddance !
Guillaume Larrivee
Other parliamentarians on the right are even more severe. Guillaume Larrivé, had warned Guillaume Peltier in the face of a
"trap".
Today, he is delighted with his departure, referring to his past as an activist for the MPF of Philippe de Villiers and the FN.
“His return to the back shops of the far right is excellent news. Good riddance!"
"The truth is that Guillaume Peltier has been trying to sell himself to the highest bidder for weeks and the only one who agrees to buy it at a good price is Eric Zemmour",
scratches the number 3 of LR, Aurélien Pradié.
Saying that he is tired of a
“permanent betrayal”
that he considers “
miserable
” for the image of political life, Aurélien Pradié warns Éric Zemmour:
“Be careful with his back, because Guillaume Peltier's only constant is to betray.
He will do with him what he did with the others ",
warns the deputy of Lot, when Marine Le Pen also invites Eric Zemmour to
" put a candle "
by ironing on the trajectory of the young rallied.
"Where Peltier passes, the countryside passes away",
quips the RN candidate.
