Victor Chabert
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11:28 am, January 06, 2022
While Eric Zemmour struggles to obtain 500 promises of sponsorship for the presidential election, the Republicans discreetly plan to help the polemicist by not sanctioning their elected officials who support him. A tactical maneuver to maintain the division of votes between Zemmour and Marine Le Pen, and favor Valérie Pécresse.
Éric Zemmour’s teams show their concern. They state that at the beginning of January they had only collected 330 pledges of signatures out of the 500 needed to officially enter the race for the presidency of the Republic. But they could benefit from a boost from LR to raise the counter. Indeed, the Republicans will not sanction their elected officials who support the polemicist. For example, there will be no exclusions or loss of legislative nominations.
No direct negotiations
There were no negotiations or direct agreements between the two parties. On the side of Eric Zemmour, we even assure that we did not have any contact on this subject with the Republican staff. This is done quietly, under the cloak, as confided Wednesday evening one of the very close to Valérie Pécresse, the LR presidential candidate, with a big revealing smile on his lips: “I will not reveal all our behind the scenes, but democracy must be expressed “.
Promoting Valérie Pécresse’s access to the second round
The reason is simple: Valérie Pécresse has every interest in Eric Zemmour obtaining his 500 sponsorships. Today, the former polemicist is neck and neck with Marine Le Pen in the polls. The two candidates neutralize each other at around 15%. If the former journalist cannot stand for the presidential election, his votes would largely fall on the candidate Rassemblement National. Mechanically, this would raise the access threshold to the second round, which would make it difficult to qualify candidate LR. It is therefore a very strategic discreet laissez-faire, with the sole aim of allowing Valérie Pécresse to qualify in the second round.