After the arrival of new supporters, such as the Euro-deputies Gilbert Collard and Jérôme Rivière, and possibly Marion Maréchal, it is Bruno Mégret's turn to join the ranks of Eric Zemmour.
Withdrawn from political life, the former number 2 of the FN, who had seceded from Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1999, posted in
L'Express
his "
support
" for the former journalist.
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"
I support Eric Zemmour because I consider that it is he who embodies the right path for our ideas and for France
", announced Bruno Mégret in the columns of the newspaper. He then invited the nationalist candidate to insist on “
the questioning of the rule of law which submits the French nation to the judges and which locks elected officials into political correctness in defiance of democracy. In particular, the Constitutional Council must be deprived of the power to censure without appeal the laws passed by the representatives of the people
”, according to him. Several megretists were already working for Eric Zemmour, including Jean-Yves Le Gallou.
On the other hand
, Bruno Mégret criticizes Marine Le Pen for having followed the path of "
de-demonization and then standardization
".
According to him, her popularity is only possible “
because she embodies a party that had an extremely strong image on issues of security, immigration and identity, which its normalization failed to erode.
»
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Eric Zemmour also received support at the end of the afternoon from the National Center of Independents and Peasants (CNIP), a small right-wing party among the oldest on the political spectrum and whose current president, Bruno North, is an adviser. Grand Est region, under the RN label.