She replies. While on Thursday evening, Éric Zemmour had stressed that Marion Maréchal
“did not have the same freedom as (him) in relation”
to Marine Le Pen, the head of the Reconquête list! his boss contradicted this Friday morning on TF1.
“I have always been free, proof of that, I made choices that were not always obvious in my life, I left the RN because I disagreed”
she declared before questioning – by a convoluted formulation – the point of view of Éric Zemmour:
“He is not wrong, it is his opinion, perhaps, but in any case it is not true, everything I do, I do it to defend my ideas as best as possible
.
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One more episode in the soap opera started Tuesday March 26 after the publication of an article
from Le Point
reporting tensions in the Zemmour/Maréchal tandem. Thursday evening on BFMTV, Éric Zemmour refuted the existence of tensions, specifying that he
“basically agreed”
with his candidate. However, the former polemicist had reported
“lively debates (...) on strategy and tactics”.
While the RN is at the top of the polls and Reconquest! struggling to stay above the fateful 5% mark, the magazine highlights the divergence in approach of the Zemmour/Maréchal duo towards the National Rally.
While the ex-journalist does not hesitate to take shots at the RN, Marine Le Pen's niece is much more conciliatory. This Friday morning, the former member of Vaucluse refused to qualify the RN
as an “adversary”
, even believing
that “it will be necessary to work with the RN in the (European) parliament and I hope so tomorrow in France, in other elections
. Another illustration: to oppose the participation of Aya Nakamura in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, when Éric Zemmour denounces the
"great replacement at work"
, Marion Maréchal points out the conviction for domestic violence of the a singer. The same argument as... Jordan Bardella.