MEP and leading member of the National Rally Nicolas Bay, who plans to join Eric Zemmour, was suspended from his party duties on Tuesday, February 15, for having transmitted information to the rival of Marine Le Pen, announced the direction. party.
“We have had confirmation that Nicolas Bay, taking advantage of his presence in the highest instances of the campaign, has been transmitting strategic and confidential elements to our direct competitor Eric Zemmour for months. (…) The executive office of the RN has taken the decision to suspend him from his campaign spokesperson as well as from all his other responsibilities”, wrote the executive office (management) of the RN in a message to the executives of the movement , evoking a “genuine sabotage”.
The party leadership, which described the behavior of the MEP as “perfectly immoral”, notably denounced the “interference in campaign events”.
In the process, Nicolas Bay took to his Twitter account to refute this accusation. “Not participating in any instance of campaign management, how could I have known and transmitted alleged strategic information”, he defended himself on the social network.
Marine Le Pen denounces “internal sabotage”
According to sources close to the former secretary general of the party (2014-2017), Nicolas Bay plans to join Eric Zemmour, who is traveling on Saturday to his chosen land in Normandy, where Mr. Bay is regional councilor.
Marine Le Pen had denounced in the middle of the day, on the sidelines of a trip to the Aisne, “real internal sabotage campaigns”, after the rallying of Senator RN Stéphane Ravier, three MEPs and several regional advisers to Eric Zemmour .