FactualWith the rallying of Marion Maréchal and her retreat from Ukrainian refugees, the far-right candidate for the 2022 presidential election is trying to stop his slide.
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An abyss of nostalgia. In Toulon, in the Var, on Sunday March 6, nearly 8,000 supporters gathered at the Zenith saw Eric Zemmour’s campaign film scroll through, in a series of already idealized memories, with messages of thanks from their idol: ” I love you. » ” A chapter “ closes, the ” home stretch “ begins, he launched on stage. But this meeting with its effervescent atmosphere seemed to be played out of time. It should have been a highlight of the campaign; it was only broadcast on YouTube, due to a temporarily consumed speaking time, and revealed the defensive posture of the nationalist champion, who described himself “in the storm”.
Almost six months since Eric Zemmour hosted, in Toulon already, his first campaign meeting, during a meeting that did not yet say his name. On September 17, 2021, the polemicist planned to« inoculer [sa] will to the French people”. Thirty-four days before the election, the now populist tribune takes stock, congratulating himself on having offered “the priceless gift” to the French “to no longer be ashamed to think what they think”. And throws itself body and soul into a battle of credibility far from being won.
According to the polls, Eric Zemmour is not the best placed to beat Emmanuel Macron, and has unscrewed since the start of the war in Ukraine. He confesses “jostling” and “surprised by the story”to ensure that “even when the winds are capricious, the course is the right one”. The militant atmosphere has also changed. Quizzes against “leftist tears” gave way to a game on the trade deficit or the budget of the armies, far more arid.
Even the long embrace of Eric Zemmour and Marion Maréchal looked like an ultimate trump card dedicated to reviving momentum. Bad luck, a young man had just given a Nazi salute in front of the cameras – he was immediately expelled, according to the campaign team. The rally did not have the expected flavor, despite the efforts of Philippe de Villiers, sculpting the legend of an appearance “blonde as a mermaid” walking on the Mediterranean towards Zemmour… More prosaic, Jean-Marie Le Pen minimized, this week, “an epiphenomenon”. Opening his old Larousse of 1972, the birth date of the National Front, he detailed: “Marion is “which is added to the Zemmour phenomenon without reacting on it”. From the point of view of electoral impact, of course. »
Two stars of Maurrassian nationalism
“It’s not a question of polls, it’s a question of political perspective! », hammered the interested party on Sunday. Acclaimed, Marion Maréchal at least offered supporters the photo of the two stars of Maurrassian nationalism. “I dreamed about it, you did it! », she congratulated by listing the successes of Reconquest! : “Giving a Common Home” to the voters of the Republicans and the National Rally and “sweep away the intellectual terrorism of political correctness”. She sprinkled her speech with chiseled formulas against “woke ideology” which would give the exploited the face “of the racialized minority, of the Muslim, of the LGBTQI+++”.
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