In 2019, when he announced that he was leaving the Republicans to get involved in the European elections with the RN, Thierry Mariani was seen as a prize of war.
A poaching of ideal weight for the demonization company set up by Marine Le Pen.
A former Sarkozy minister who agrees to cross the cordon santé to pass under the frontist flag, that looks chic, we say to ourselves at the RN.
Five years later, while the party is doing everything possible to sweep under the rug its links with Russia, which has entered into war with Ukraine, the MEP known for his Russophile positions has become, conversely, the one through whom demonization returns.
However, it is Thierry Mariani, 65, who was designated internally to represent the RN during the first debate of the European elections, this Thursday on Public Senate.
Jordan Bardella, party boss and head of the list, refused to go.
It would be “too early” in the campaign for the favorite in the polls, also singled out for supposed contempt for the TV channel.
So here's Mariani again, and too bad if the Russian-Ukrainian news is in full swing these days.
“When I saw that, I thought it was a joke.
Given the current atmosphere, it seems incredible to me from a strategic point of view,” says an RN executive.
For him, “we throw the chicken among the foxes”.
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