It is not in these conditions that he imagined the evening of the second round a few weeks ago.
After two weeks of virtual silence following his crushing defeat in the first round of the ballot, former journalist and Reconquest candidate Éric Zemmour, who had called for Marine Le Pen to be voted "without hesitation" at the end of the first round, went back on stage to call for a “national bloc” coalition in view of the legislative elections.
“Do we want to give full powers to Emmanuel Macron and Jean-Luc Mélenchon
(who called on the French to elect him
Prime Minister
)
?
I don't want it (…) I call for national unity in view of the legislative elections.
We must forget our quarrels.
It is possible, it is essential, it is our duty, ”he implored Sunday evening after the announcement of the defeat of his rival RN Marine Le Pen.
And to hammer in front of its militants: “Unity is strength, our coalition must make France.
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Credited with 7.1% of the vote at the end of the first round of the presidential election, the Reconquest candidate suffered a violent setback on Sunday, April 10, obtaining almost three points less than what the pollsters predicted then. .
Despite this disappointing score, Eric Zemmour intends to continue to weigh in the future political landscape.
"Reconquest will not give up until France is reconquered," he said on the evening of April 10.
The goal?
Heading towards the legislative elections, structuring the young party with 120,000 members and becoming a lasting part of the political landscape.