Anti-health pass movement: the bet of Florian Philippot, who wants to take advantage of the discretion of the RN – franceinfo

Florian Philippot is present at each demonstration against the health pass: almost four years after leaving the National Front, the former right-hand man of Marine Le Pen wants to be at the forefront of the movement and tries to make a comeback with radical positions. He also wants to take advantage of the discretion of the National Assembly on the health issue.

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Florian Philippot says to himself against the health pass, against what he calls the “dictatorship”, even “apartheid”. With his movement Les Patriotes, he is at the origin of one of the three rallies against the health pass expected Saturday August 14 in Paris. And now he wants “reopen”, he who pleaded last year for “close all”. “I went astray”, he recognizes today.

“He became radicalized”, tackle one of his former colleagues at the FN. A change of position in any case promising. At the forefront of the demonstrations, hyperactive on social networks, the former number two of the FN promises that his party Les Patriotes will reach 30,000 members by the end of the month, against 2,000 a year and a half ago. Enough to finance the logistics of its gatherings. Florian Philippot has also announced his candidacy for the 2022 presidential election, he who no longer has a mandate today.

The bet of the former MEP is to ride a wave that the standardized RN did not want to take. Around Marine Le Pen, some are worried. It is no coincidence that several RN mayors have indicated this week that they do not would not have the health pass checked by their municipal police. Other elected officials, like Thierry Mariani, have called in recent hours to go and demonstrate.