The mayor of Béziers Robert Ménard, close to the National Gathering but also a great friend of Eric Zemmour, officially brought its sponsorship on Friday to the RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, despite the disagreements
between them.
We don’t have to agree on everything to work together
, declared during a press conference in Béziers of the city councilor, who assures to have now much less
disagreements with Marine Le Pen.
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I had unfair words towards you […] but at the same time things have changed. The National Rally is not the National Front
, added Robert Ménard. A few years ago you were more divisive
most Marine, she is doing a very different campaign from 2017, she has taken on a different dimension, she better embodies the presidential function
, he greeted.
“Harsh words”
We can work together when we have disagreements
, added Marine Le Pen, repeating wanting a government national unity, which presupposes disagreements
. My goal is not to look for clones, it is to convince beyond
of the RN, to which Robert Ménard never joined.
Robert had harsh words for me but you have to accept it
and to be able to pass above oneself to set up the conditions for the gathering
, she added. The two far-right officials had already sealed their reconciliation on February 16, 2021.
Friday in Béziers they did not hide their differences as on the vaccine pass, supported by Robert Ménard and contested by Marine Le Pen, or on political divisions. I believe in a right-left divide
, said Robert Ménard, defender like Eric Zemmour of a union of rights
. Me no
, replied Marine Le Pen.
A Le Pen-Zemmour meeting?
Robert Ménard reiterated his wish for a meeting in February between Marine Le Pen or Eric Zemmour, so that they agree to withdraw in favor of the best placed.
The mayor of Béziers had received on October 16 in his city Eric Zemmour for a conference-like meeting, where the former editorialist had wished remove the power (to) the checks and balances
such as justice, media, minorities
.
The only person who can do anything is him (Eric Zemmour)
, said Marine Le Pen by suggesting his withdrawal, fearing in the second round a no choice
between Emmanuel Macron and Valérie Pécresse. Gold the French have the right to a choice, between the national vision and the globalist vision
, she argued.
“Recreate enthusiasm”
To which Eric Zemmour, traveling to Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir), replied that there was no monopoly of the national candidacy
.
While visiting the city’s cathedral, she hollowly criticized her rival’s supposed pessimism. There are major problems […] but you have to plan, recreate enthusiasm
, car if we lock up France, it is consumed and becomes sad
, did she say.
The candidate also wished recreate the link between a strategic state and mayors
by defending a rebalancing of the territory in favor of medium-sized towns and rurality.
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