In the aftermath of the second round of the presidential election, which saw Marine Le Pen bow to outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, the spokesperson for the National Rally Sébastien Chenu spoke about the future of the now ex-candidate .
According to him, Marine Le Pen could not take over the presidency of the party, saying his wish that she present herself to the legislative elections in her stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont, in Pas-de-Calais.
“I am not sure that it is Marine Le Pen's choice at a time when we are talking about becoming president of a political party that she has led to an unprecedented level” in the presidential election, he underlined. on BFM TV.
“She has brought together millions of French people well beyond a political label” and “she is recognized as being an immense political woman”, which “means that she is not going to confine herself to a political party even it would be the National Rally,” he added.
Sébastien Chenu said "wish (er) that she can resume her mandate as MP for Pas-de-Calais in Hénin-Beaumont", because "she is eagerly awaited in this constituency".
Marine Le Pen called on Sunday evening to embark on the battle for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19.
“No one believes in the idea of a Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prime Minister”
Asked about the “union of rights” that Éric Zemmour, the candidate Reconquête!
in the first round, the RN spokesman also indicated that the party is working on its side for "a great patriotic union which goes beyond the left and the right", at a time when these "are well and truly buried".
It is the executive office of the RN which will decide on possible alliances with Reconquest!
for the legislative elections, and "we do not rule out supporting candidates who are not from the RN here or there", but "we are not going to embark on alliances on theories which are not ours", and " today it is not political cooking that the French expect, ”insisted Sébastien Chenu.
Like Louis Aliot a little earlier in the morning, the Hauts-de-France regional councilor criticized Éric Zemmour, who won 7% of the votes in the first round: “When he gives his advice today, his derogatory reflections, he should remember that politics is the school of humility".
Sébastien Chenu took the opportunity to scratch the leader of rebellious France Jean-Luc Mélenchon, indicating that "no one believes in the idea of a Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prime Minister", even if "he has the right to imagine that it is the center of political life,” he quipped.