Clear the ground to better prevent the effect of political and media blowing.
This is the tactic that the RN candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen tried to implement on Tuesday evening.
Guest of the program "
Face à BFM
", the one who is appearing for the third time before the French affirms it loud and clear: her niece, Marion Maréchal, whose rumors around a rallying to Éric Zemmour had made many of ink at the end of January, will join the candidacy of the boss of Reconquest in the coming days.
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When the presenter Maxime Switek evokes the
“possible”
support of the boss of the ISSEP to her direct competitor, Marine Le Pen immediately cuts him off: “
You can remove the possible (...).
I think it's done.
“And to confirm a few moments later that the formalization would only be a matter of days.
Way to anticipate - and play down - a bad sequence by taking an attitude and an almost nonchalant tone of voice.
If she indicates that Marion Maréchal did not warn her of this change of presidential team, Marine Le Pen said she was
"personally saddened"
and
"plunged into an abyss of perplexity politically"
because she would be
"the only one who can beat Emanuel Macron”.
“All of the second round polls indicate that Éric Zemmour has no chance of reaching the second round, and has no chance of winning against Emmanuel Macron”,
she develops.
Before seriously mocking the political choice of his niece:
"When one calls oneself a defender of France (...), obviously, one must support the candidate
who is most likely to win against Emmanuel Macron."
The departure of Marion Maréchal is a "personal choice", according to Marine Le Pen
Hammering that it is only
“a conviction”,
Marine Le Pen considers that the decision of her niece is a “
personal choice
”.
"
If it was a question of putting pressure on her for emotional reasons, I would have betrayed the respect I have for free will, so she must make a political and personal choice
", launches the former boss of the RN as if to better put Marion Maréchal up against the wall and push her out of the woods.
At the end of January, the former deputy for Vaucluse confided in
Le Figaro
, explaining that she was "confronted with this choice": "
You have to know what is most relevant and when".
All of this, specifying that
"coherence, vision,
(she)
leaned towards Éric Zemmour
” without denying the “
family subject”
that the young woman did not wish “
to impose on the French.
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For the past few weeks, Éric Zemmour's team has meticulously prepared and orchestrated rallies from LR, but above all from the RN.
With the objective: to show an electoral dynamic and a pleasant little political music for the sympathizers of the “national camp”.
But also to destabilize the candidate of the RN, disturbed by the departures of relatives.
This was the case of MEP Gilbert Collard, Marseille senator Stéphane Ravier or even more recently Marine Le Pen's campaign spokesperson, Nicolas Bay.
During a trip to Madrid at the end of January, the RN leader got angry with these defectors: that
“those who want to leave leave.
But they are leaving now.
(...).
Because what is unbearable is the taqiya for which they themselves reproach the Islamists.