Éric Zemmour makes his political return, Sunday September 10, in the south-east of France. A meeting of his Reconquest party is organized in Gréoux-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) to launch Marion Maréchal, his head of the list in the European elections. The former Cnews polemicist hopes to breathe new life into his group, after the double failure in the presidential and legislative elections. Zemmourists want to believe that the 2024 election will be one of rebound.
2 mins
With our special correspondent in Gréoux-les-Bains, Julien Chavanne
This time, it will be the right one: the Reconquest party will be the surprise of the Europeans, repeat the Zemmourist executives. A bet that has already been lost in the presidential election and to the legislative elections. But the climate is buoyant this fall, this activist wants to believe:
“ I’m talking about the riots, but not only that. There were knife attacks almost everywhere, there were rapes… There was this young woman who was raped by an illegal alien. I think there are plenty of news stories that the French end up producing. »
The line remains the same at Reconquête: anti-immigrationn and identity. And it is Marion Maréchal who will defend her for the next nine months. The right cast, according to a local elected official: “She has youth on her side, she is very clear in her words and she is well in line with Reconquest. I believe in it a lot. »
Read alsoComments on Pétain in 2019: a new trial ordered for Éric Zemmour
The rallying of Marion Maréchal during the 2022 presidential election had not changed anything. But the Zemmourist staff wants to be more confident than ever. The European voting system, one-round and proportional, would be favorable to them. And the mobilization of their troops is stronger than elsewhere.
“ It’s the year of the rebound », Predicts someone close to Eric Zemmour. “ We will be in front of the Republicans “, she assures, citing surveys. These same polls which had not yet bad luck for Reconquest in 2022.
Read alsoFrance: with Éric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen, the far right makes its comeback in two opposing styles