For Éric Ciotti, the LRs who rally Emmanuel Macron are a “lump of embittered people” – The HuffPost

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POLITICS – From bitterness to resentment, there is only one step for Éric Ciotti. After several personalities from the Republicans announced their support for Emmanuel Macron in view of the presidential electionthe deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes did not go there by four ways to say what he thinks of the former Sarkozyist minister Eric Woerththe Mayor of Calais Natacha Bouchart and the former Secretary of State Nora Berra.

A “collection of embittered, failures and losers”, he estimated with the Figaro, accusing the executive of staging these campaign events. “It’s a pitiful and despicable poaching strategy organized by the Élysée before the meeting. This means that the only candidate who really worries is Valérie Pécresse, since Emmanuel Macron is doing everything to find himself face to face with Éric Zemmour or Marine Le Pen”, details the “adviser on the authority” of the candidate LR. He considers that the two far-right candidates represent the head of state’s “political life insurance”.

Negative signals

“But it’s a crude scenario that infuriates right-wing voters and will strengthen the position of our candidate”, wants to believe Éric Ciotti, while Valérie Pécresse’s campaign has been hit by a series of negative signals during the week, beyond these rallies alone.

As shown in our poll compiler belowcandidate LR cannot escape in the race for second place, fighting over the ticket in a pocket handkerchief alongside Marine Le Pen and Éric Zemmour.

A delicate sequence of which the president of the Île-de-France region hopes to turn the page thanks to her meeting scheduled for this Sunday at the Zenith in Paris, where more than 5,000 activists are expected.

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