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Eric Zemmour’s supporters criticize Marine Le Pen for not reaching out after the far-right candidate gave him his support 7.07%) criticized Marine Le Pen on Tuesday for “not positioning herself to win”, refusing to reach out to the leader of the Recnonquest party! and to Marion Maréchal before the second round of the presidential election. If Marine Le Pen was elected, she would “not take Marion Maréchal” into her government, nor Eric Zemmour, she said on Tuesday. “He doesn’t want it and I don’t want it either,” said the far-right candidate on France Inter.
“If there are people who prefer to lose alone than to win together, well they will bear their responsibility”, castigated Jean Messiha, former RN and spokesman for Reconquest!, in front of the Parisian headquarters of the party on Tuesday morning. “She is not positioning herself to win obviously”, also denounced the Marseille senator Stéphane Ravier, former historical executive of the RN, who participated in the strategic meeting of Reconquest! organized this morning. “We have indicated very clearly, without any ambiguity, without any haggling, that we are calling on Sunday evening to vote for Marine Le Pen. It is now up to her to take her responsibilities, to show that she has both the will and the ability to unite, since this is the second round of a presidential election,” added MEP Nicolas Bay, ex-RN too. On Monday, Ms. Le Pen’s niece, Marion Maréchal, had doubted the ability of the RN candidate to win against Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election if she did not seal “alliances” on the right. “It cannot only pass through a dialogue with the popular sovereignist left, it must also pass through allies, and coalitions and alliances” on the right, she had developed. Reconquest! highlights its “more than 120,000 members” and promises to present candidates “everywhere” in the legislative elections, according to Philippe Schleiter, in charge of the electoral deadline for the party. For the legislative elections, “let’s wait to see if there is an outstretched hand from the RN, for the moment this is not the case”, he agreed on Sunday evening. Mr. Zemmour had meanwhile mentioned a candidacy for deputy in the event of presidential failure, without specifying in which constituency.