Eric Zemmour posted this Friday morning on social networks his wishes for Christmas. A message he recorded last weekend during his trip to Alsace and in which he reaffirms France’s Christian roots. In short, Christmas is about everyone. It is not enough to be a Christian, because in his eyes, Christmas is a question of civilization.
The appeasement card
“Christmas night celebrates the birth of a civilization, ours, which has illuminated human history. A civilization which considers that man is absolutely free,” he says in this video. And – this is rare enough to be underlined – the candidate plays the card of appeasement, extolling the values of freedom and equality. “A civilization which considers that men are absolutely equal in dignity. Everyone, there is no race. There is no class. Equality is sacred”, he continues in fact.
A message clearly addressed to the Catholic electorate. “France owes a lot to Catholicism and the world owes a lot to French Catholicism”. And the process is more or less the same for Marine Le Pen, in a one and a half minute video published on Friday.
“My first impulse turns first of all towards those who are in difficulty, sickness, loneliness. I address my most affectionate thoughts to them. These thoughts are also directed in the world towards the persecuted, foremost among them Christians who, in Africa and in the East in particular, suffer and sometimes die of their fidelity to their faith. To all, I express my compassion and my most fervent support “, she affirms in turn. For now, these are the only two candidates to have wished a Merry Christmas. Emmanuel Macron, he wished the French happy holidays on Thursday.
Photos alongside soldiers who do not pass
Eric Zemmour was also in Abidjan Thursday to support the French soldiers. But the Ministry of the Armed Forces did not appreciate that he publishes photos. The spokesperson for the Ministry of the Armed Forces got annoyed on Twitter. “The rules are the same for all presidential candidates. Discretion and sobriety,” writes Hervé Grandjean, who continues. “This moral commitment has not been kept.”
So, the polemicist had every right to go to the camp of the French forces in Abidjan. Candidates are allowed to visit army units. But what bothers the ministry is that it has posted several photos on its social networks alongside soldiers. And even if their face is blurred, the ministry implies that the candidate tried to instrumentalize the French armed forces. Eric Zemmour who, on the occasion of this visit, praised the bravery and dedication of the military.