Is there tension on the line between Éric Zemmour and Marion Maréchal in the European elections? While an article in Le Point revealed this week that tensions were raging between the president of Reconquête! and head of the nationalist party list, the former presidential candidate brushed aside speculation surrounding a complete breakup with the 34-year-old young woman. Without denying the heated discussions. Both in form and content of the campaign.
Guest of BFMTV Thursday evening, the one who gathered 7.07% of the votes in 2022 first denounced the journalists who are
“chochochottes”
.
“When they hear about lively debates, lively and sometimes vigorous exchanges, it’s immediately the apocalypse
,” criticized Éric Zemmour. With the niece of Marine Le Pen, the former essayist
“basically agrees”
.
“It’s already essential. I know a lot of parties where people don't agree on substance. Afterwards there can be debates on strategy and tactics, on what needs to be done,”
he admitted. Before focusing on the
“disagreements”
between Eric Ciotti and his head of list François-Xavier Bellamy.
“Politics is about showing your differences”
And to explain the reasons why there may be differences of vision between him and Marion Maréchal.
“Politics is about showing your differences. Otherwise, it's useless. Marion Maréchal, she comes from the RN, she knows why she left them. She had a certain number of fundamental disagreements with them, that’s why she joined me,”
said the leader of the nationalist party.
The weekly magazine having echoed criticism from the Maréchal camp on the too strong media presence of Éric Zemmour in this campaign - enough to reduce the candidate's air time - the former Élysée contender does not I don't intend to let this happen. According to him, the former FN deputy (ex-RN) from Vaucluse has
“all the autonomy she desires”
.
“I was a political journalist, I followed various campaigns for 30 years. And I knew many party leaders who did not support their lieutenants and who watched them from afar”
while wishing for their electoral downfall, said Éric Zemmour. Refuting any
“competition”
with Marion Maréchal, which would be
“ridiculous”
, he hopes that she achieves
“the best possible score”
on June 9. To do this, Éric Zemmour says he is ready
“to take all the necessary blows.”