In a video recorded at the Louvre, the far-right candidate intends to regain her place as the first opponent to Emmanuel Macron
Marine Le Pen launches this Saturday in the home stretch of the race for the Élysée in a video recorded at the Louvre, where Emmanuel Macron celebrated his victory against her in 2017, with the hope of rekindling his duel against the president. outgoing.
“It is here, five years ago that Emmanuel Macron began a five-year term that Emmanuel Macron presented as ambitious […] five years later, the promise of this ‘confidence which obliges’, of this benevolence exhibited, of this reconciliation proclaimed, of this affirmed humility, of this respect for everyone, have vanished, “says Marine Le Pen in this 3-minute clip. 30.
“To definitively close the parenthesis opened five years ago of toxic macronism for the country, I need you by my side”, she concludes in this video.
In the afternoon, the management of the Louvre announced that it was thinking about “follow-ups” to be given as to the conditions for filming and broadcasting the video, revealed Franceinfo, supplementing information from the Parisian. “This video was produced by the candidate and her teams on Tuesday January 11, 2022, without any authorization from the museum, in violation of the rules of law applicable to public domain and intellectual property”, she told Franceinfo , citing a request to remove the video.
“The France of the Forgotten”
The far-right candidate is also due to hold a press conference on France’s presidency of the European Union on Tuesday, the day before Emmanuel Macron’s speech to the European Parliament. However, the Head of State, who no longer hides his “desire” to be a candidate, intends to highlight the French presidency of the EU as the high point of his mandate.
It is thus for Marine Le Pen to regain her place as the first opponent of Emmanuel Macron and to reinstall the cleavage between the camp of the “globalists”, whom the president embodies in her eyes, and that of the “nationals”, whom she intends to represent.
Competing in its own camp
Faced with the “mega supra candidate of bankers” (Editor’s note: Emmanuel Macron), the RN candidate claims to represent “France of the forgotten” and the working classes. She accuses the president of “dividing” the country, “persecuting” the unvaccinated, and sowing “chaos” when she promises “national unity” and “tranquility”.
But Marine Le Pen is now in competition in her own camp with Eric Zemmour, who affirms that there is “no monopoly of the national candidacy”, and on the right by Valérie Pécresse, given shoulder to shoulder with her according to recent polls.
She also presents herself as the only “reasonable” candidate. When Emmanuel Macron says he wants to “piss off” the non-vaccinated, and Valérie Pécresse brings out Nicolas Sarkozy’s “Karcher” to “clean up the neighborhoods”, she replies that she does not want “to speak loudly, but just”.
The tone rises with Zemmour
Marine Le Pen, who wants to “reassure” the French about her ability to exercise power, after her failed debate in 2017 and her failure in the regional elections, admits that Eric Zemmour, by the “brutality” of his proposals, “refocuses” her. and can represent “a reserve of votes” in the second round.
Still, despite his desire not to fall into excess, the tone rose between them. “Everything is fake about him,” she said. Le Pen is the “Arlette Laguiller of the national right”, retorted his rival.