Éric Zemmour and MEP Sarah Knafo have both received invitations to the inauguration ceremony of US President-elect Donald Trump which will take place on January 20, reports the American media Politico.
An invitation that embarrasses the National Rally? In any case, Marine Le Pen's party will be deprived of a potential opportunity to establish ties with the new American administration and curry favor with Trump's ally, Elon Musk, as the latter demonstrates more and more interest in European politics.
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If at first glance, Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen seem to meet on an ideological level, merging old-fashioned protectionism with a populist anti-immigration program, the duo has never really gotten along like the president-elect has. made with other nationalist political figures, such as the Hungarian Viktor Orbán or the Italian Giorgia Meloni.
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The start of a collaboration?
It is perhaps on the economic level that the problem lies. Indeed, unlike Marine Le Pen, Éric Zemmour and Sarah Knafo advocate a liberal economic vision of the world more in line with that of Elon Musk, who has shaken European politics in recent weeks by interfering in the internal affairs of the United Kingdom. United or Germany. Curiously, the South African billionaire has not yet commented on his vision of politics in France.
The invitation of Éric Zemmour to the inauguration of Donald Trump will perhaps be a means for the leader of Reconquest! to regain a role within the French political scene as well as internationally, after having considerably lost his influence since his blitzkrieg campaign for the 2022 presidency. Zemmour even declared at the time that he was receiving advice from Trump. Since then, Sarah Knafo, the sole MEP from the Reconquest! party, ardently supports Trump's return to the White House and maintains contacts with his team.
