why Bardella agrees to discuss with Maréchal but not with Zemmour

POLITICS – Separate the man from the unionist. Jordan Bardella explained why he agreed to discuss with Marion Maréchal and not Éric Zemmour with a view to the legislative elections after an interview with the Reconquest candidate for the European elections this Monday, June 10. A question of grudges.

Building on the 31.4% achieved the day before, a record for the far-right party, the leader of the Lepéniste party calls for the construction of a “ the largest possible majority », but without discussing with the president of Reconquête, who has continued to target him in recent months.

“ I am perfectly willing to discuss with personalities who are not from the National Rally. Unlike Éric Zemmour, Marion Maréchal demonstrated throughout the campaign a constructive approach and attitude towards the RN “, he summed up. He spoke after an interview with the former RN MP, adding that he wanted to continue to exchange with her and with “ other figures from political movements. »

Bardella and Le Pen reach out to the Republicans

In turn, Marine Le Pen’s niece argued that she took care, throughout the campaign, to respect the commitments of her far-right competitor, a strategy which created numerous tensions with Éric Zemmour . He wanted a more offensive approach.

“ I have taken care to distinguish between adversaries and competitors. I did not concentrate my energy on fighting the RN who was not my priority opponent. I take note of this framework », So launched Marion Maréchal as she left the RN headquarters, before explaining that she will now discuss the “ choice available to (her) » with Éric Zemmour. Namely: to play with the lepenists, according to their conditions (what she wishes “ ardently “), or continue to stand alone.

In this context, Jordan Bardella did not stop there. The president of the National Rally wants “ give a hand » to the leaders of the Republicans so that they too join the nationalist coalition that he is calling for.

“ I also had a number of discussions with LR executives, to whom I would also like to reach out. I think it may be difficult to win alone “, he admitted, before adding: “ I would like to address everyone within the national camp (…) to broaden our camp within the framework of these legislative elections “.

Invited on the set of 8 p.m. on TF1, Marine Le Pen assured that the RN was “of course capable” not to present an RN candidate against LR candidates with whom an agreement has been reached, in order to “gather together” during early legislative elections.

“This is what we are working on, but with political points on which everyone agrees. (…) I think that with a large number of elected officials, we are”she explained on TF1, evoking “a project based on two major projects, the defense of purchasing power and the recovery of the economy and the fight against insecurity and immigration”.

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