Helped by a cane, Jean-Marie Le Pen moved shortly after 8:15 p.m. to his office on the 1st floor of the Montretout mansion in Saint-Cloud (Hauts-de-Seine).
On the table, the front page of the Minute newspaper of July 25, 2001 sets the tone: “Why Le Pen is right.
He is amused.
The "honorary president of the National Front" has a sparkling look on this Sunday evening, convinced that his daughter Marine - against whom he has not spared his criticisms in recent years - will be "the future president of the Republic" after his “remarkable result” in the first round thanks to his “beautiful campaign” around purchasing power in particular.
The old frontist leader is already imagining the creation of a "general front of rejection of decadence" which will bring his daughter to the Elysée.
“All those who voted for opposition candidates should find themselves behind Marine Le Pen to defeat Mr. Macron.
This is what seems to me to be the watchword of the second round: prevent the worst, prevent the continuation of a deadly decadence ”, supports the man of April 21, 2002.
“Not Macron, not twice”
Jean-Marie Le Pen sees the outgoing president as the representative of "politico-media servitude" and castigates his refusal to debate before the first round.
“Despite his result, he suffered a serious setback.
The cards he had distributed himself in defiance of democracy did not allow him to dig such a ditch as to shelter him from the judgment of the citizens, ”analyzes the 93-year-old patriarch.
Who implores: “Not Macron, not twice.
Once was already a lot, the second time is too much!
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During the campaign, Jean-Marie Le Pen had expressed his sympathy for Éric Zemmour.
“He's a patriotic candidate,” he applauds.
And even if he describes his result as a "cruel setback", he believes that the former journalist "has his place in the French recovery".
Same leniency with regard to his granddaughter Marion Maréchal who had made the “surprising” choice to support the polemicist: “She must regret, but she will be forgiven a lot because she loved a lot.
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