He finally made his decision, after several weeks of suspense.
The far-right presidential candidate Éric Zemmour (Reconquest!) is running for the legislative elections in the 4th district of Var, that of Saint-Tropez, his entourage said on Thursday, confirming information from Var Matin.
The creator of Reconquest!
declared himself on Twitter, this Thursday morning, ending the suspense that he had made last several weeks.
On Saturday, when he launched his party's campaign for the legislative elections, he took the opportunity to teaser his announcement a little: "I will tell you in the very next few days how I will fight this battle", he said during his speech in Paris. in front of its 550 invested candidates.
Reconquest is back everywhere in France.
I will lead our beautiful and great fight alongside our 550 candidates.
I am running in the 4th constituency of Var.
— Eric Zemmour (@ZemmourEric) May 12, 2022
He will hold a meeting this Thursday evening in Cogolin at 6:00 p.m.
The president of the Reconquest!
had obtained 14.7% of the votes in the first round of the presidential election in this constituency, against 32.2% for Marine Le Pen and 24.1% for Emmanuel Macron.
A meeting tonight
In particular, he will face an RN candidate, Philippe Lottiaux, and the outgoing Macronist MP Sereine Mauborgne.
The rebellious Sabine Cristofani-Viglione will also try her luck.
He repeatedly called for an agreement with the RN, to no avail.
If Éric Zemmour “shows up, he goes to the box”, commented the president of RN Jordan Bardella on Wednesday.
Parisian, Éric Zemmour finally let his lieutenants, Sébastien Pilard (ex-LR) and Garen Shnorhokian, embark on the 14th and 4th district of the capital.
He opted for the Var, one of the territories among which he made his best scores.
His leader of the youth movement Stanislas Rigault is a candidate in neighboring Vaucluse, in the 2nd constituency.
Pregnant, the former deputy RN Marion Maréchal, vice-president of Reconquest!, decided not to appear.
