The lawyer and now former MEP RN Gilbert Collard has just joined Éric Zemmour. The ex-controversial candidate for the presidential election is traveling in the Alpes-Maritimes on Saturday, and the two men will be side by side in Cannes. Before joining Éric Zemmour, Gilbert Collard was one of the emblematic figures of the National Rally, and a very media personality as confided by the entourage of the former journalist. Regarding Collard, they add that he is someone very popular in the South, who is particularly capable of being able to switch new personalities.
A local RN executive expressed his concern to Europe 1, precisely, about this possible domino effect. Éric Zemmour spoke about this rallying during a very long stroll through the streets of Cannes on Saturday morning, which turned into a walkabout.
The rallying of Gilbert Collard, a tactical move
This rallying comes in a sequence where Éric Zemmour stagnates in the polls and therefore wants to breathe new life into it. A tactic which also makes it possible to thwart the attacks of his detractors, who explain that his candidacy is that of a loner. The ex-polemicist is holding a meeting in Cannes where several thousand people are expected.
“The arrival of Gilbert Collard is first of all that of a friend who joins us after Guillaume, after Jérôme, after others, after Jean-Frédéric Poisson. It is first of all a campaign of friendship, camaraderie And then, it’s a political symbol. Because you can clearly see that all these people I mentioned come from different political families but who, in truth, have been aspiring for ten years, for 20 years, for 30 years, to come together,” said Éric Zemmour.
The union of the rights is the strategy aimed at by the essayist. And that’s quite a symbol. He chose to move to PACA, where there were unions in the 80s between the right and the FN. This Saturday, he is holding a meeting in Cannes where Guillaume Peltier, ex-Republican, Jérôme Rivière ex-FN, or even Philippe de Villiers will succeed each other at the desk.