While he declared himself a candidate for the presidential election, the former number two of Marine Le Pen and the National Rally, who has become a figure in the anti-sanitary pass movement, announced that he was throwing in the towel this Friday 18 February.
Florian Philippot has withdrawn his candidacy for the presidential election. The news fell this Friday, February 18, whereas until then he had only collected one of the 500 sponsorships required for his candidacy to be officially authorized. A figure in the demonstrations against the health pass and yellow vests, the former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen nevertheless assured that he would continue to “work for the defeat” of the current President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.
“Faced with a totally locked and flawed sponsorship system”the president of the Les Patriotes movement declared that he took note of “the impossibility of going to the end of his candidacy for the presidential election, announced last July, the day after President Macron’s terrible intervention on the health pass”. An admission of weakness that he admits only half-words, less than two months from the first round of the biggest French election.
Legislative objective for Florian Philippot
It must be said that since his departure from the National Rally, Florian Philippot seems to attract more than the marginalized. After founding his own movement called Les Patriotes, the former vice-president of the far-right party is very active on social networks, his main field of communication to fight against confinement, the health pass, then the pass. vaccine. A defender of France’s exit from the European Union, he launched his presidential campaign on October 24, propelling himself as Emmanuel Macron’s number one enemy. “Since he is waging war on us and he wants war, he will have war. France is ruled by an oligarchy who wants him dead”, he then declared, directly targeting the current leader of the En Marche movement.
But the grass was pulled from under him by the lack of enthusiasm received by the mayors of France, only one of whom brought him his signature to make his candidacy credible and official. This is how Florian Philippot was forced to withdraw from the presidential race. But he has already announced that he will continue in politics, with the next objective being the legislative elections to be held next June.
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Florian Philippot
The news fell this Friday, February 18, when he had so far only collected one of the 500 sponsorships required for his candidacy to be officially authorized.
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4/12 –
Florian Philippot
A figure in the demonstrations against the health pass and yellow vests, the former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen nevertheless assured that he would continue to “work for the defeat” of the current President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron.
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5/12 –
Florian Philippot
“Faced with a totally locked and flawed sponsorship system”, the president of the Les Patriotes movement declared that he took note of “the impossibility of completing his candidacy for the presidential election, announced last July, the day after the terrible intervention of President Macron on the health pass”.
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6/12 –
Florian Philippot
An admission of weakness that he only admits half-heartedly, less than two months before the first round of the biggest French election.
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Florian Philippot
It must be said that since his departure from the National Rally, Florian Philippot seems to attract more than the marginalized.
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8/12 –
Florian Philippot
After founding his own movement called Les Patriotes, the former vice-president of the far-right party is very active on social networks, his main field of communication to fight against confinement, the health pass, then the pass. vaccine.
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9/12 –
Florian Philippot
A defender of France’s exit from the European Union, he launched his presidential campaign on October 24, propelling himself as Emmanuel Macron’s number one enemy.
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10/12 –
Florian Philippot
“Since he is waging war on us and he wants war, he will have war. France is led by an oligarchy who wants him dead,” he said at the time, directly targeting the current leader of the En Marche movement. .
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Florian Philippot
But the grass was pulled from under him by the lack of enthusiasm received by the mayors of France, only one of whom brought him his signature to make his candidacy credible and official.
© Aurelien Morissard
12/12 –
Florian Philippot
This is how Florian Philippot was forced to withdraw from the presidential race.