Marine Le Pen, who was already in dire straits over her candidacy for the French presidency after a series of departures, suffered another blow as her far-right party accused her campaign representative of political espionage and expelled him. In a statement sent to high-ranking party officials, National Alarm claims that Nicolas Be, once a Lepen […]
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France: Republican Peltier MP joins far-right Zemour supporters
A Conservative MP, who until last year was second in the center-right party (Republicans), said today that he joins the supporters of the far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemour. Guillaume Peltier has said he does not trust Republican presidential candidate Valerie Pecres, who he says is ideologically too close to center-right President Emanuel Macron. Peltier told […]
Eric Zemour: Campaign start and short circuits
The far right-wing Eric Zemour has chosen the day to announce his candidacy for the French presidency: yesterday was the debate of the Democratic Right (LR). Eric Zemour chose an unprecedented way for his announcement: First a 10 minute video early on social media (youtube) and a second, more classic way, with an interview in […]
France: The far right Zemour is … stumbling
By Costas Raptis The man who threatened to “liquidate” the entire French political scene, just five months before the presidential election, has recently seen his own rumored candidacy being liquidated. And he responded by formalizing it a few days earlier than expected. Eric Zemour was the “rising star” who, from the end of the summer […]
France: Eric Zemour officially announces candidacy for 2022 presidential election
The far-right essayist Eric Zemour announced in a videotaped message that he will run in the 2022 French presidential election. “It’s time to reform and save France. That is why I decided to run for the presidency,” Zemour said in a statement announcing his candidacy in a video posted on YouTube and broadcast on French […]
France: far-right Eric Zemour to announce his candidacy for the presidency later in the day
Eric Zemour, a polarizing figure of the French far right, will announce his candidacy in the presidential election later in the day, a source close to his entourage told the French Agency on Monday. A video containing a “message to the French” will be “posted on social networking sites” before making a TV appearance at […]
France: Far-right Zemour would advance to second round, according to new poll
A poll released Sunday showed French far-right talk show star Eric Zemour would advance to the second round if the April 2022 presidential election were held yesterday to face outgoing President Emanuel Macron. The finding confirms previous polls that he wanted to surpass the leader of the French far right, Marine Le Pen. The 63-year-old […]