The final act of what Marine Le Pen calls a « sketch ». Moved, Stéphane Ravier formalized his rallying to Eric Zemmour, Sunday February 13, at the microphone of Europe 1-CNews and The echoesfollowing two weeks of staged climbing with the National Rally (RN). « [Mes] convictions are no longer held by Marine Le Pen, but by Eric Zemmour”, concluded the elected official of Bouches-du-Rhône. After leaving the national authorities on Thursday, he announced that he would resign from the RN and offer his signature to the candidate for “all account balance”. He then rushed to the headquarters of his host party, Reconquest !, where the former polemicist he described as “the true unifier”.
There he was welcomed like a king. A video shows the two men kissing and enjoying each other ” Magnificent ! »in the midst of young conservative and identity activists. “His ego is caressed, he left to shine”, regrets the MEP RN Jean-Lin Lacapelle. Disappointed, the leaders of the RN deplored the “treachery” of their only senator, in a reflex that has been tested following the departures of the three MEPs Gilbert Collard, Jérôme Rivière and Maxette Pirbakas, and of several regional elected officials. Jordan Bardella played down these defections on LCI on Sunday, while saluting “clarification” which dismisses the “lover of provocation” like the supporters of a “line perhaps more brutal”.
Harsh words once morest Marine Le Pen
The executives of the RN were especially resigned to it. Anxious to avoid the bad role, they recall that the Marseillais, far from having been mistreated, had received a favorable canton for his niece Sandrine d’Angio or the head of the municipal list in 2020. But he had had a hard time not not integrate the executive office, in July 2021. The day following the congress, Marine Le Pen had explained to him that he might not obtain the butter and the money from the butter – his freedom of tone on the death penalty or the racist thesis of the “great replacement”, and a seat on the governing body.
Like other defectors, Ravier projects himself towards the recomposition of the far right post-2022. “My political time does not end on April 24”he said on Sunday, pleading for future discussions to “let the great national family come together”. In the Southeast, “right-wing voters think like him, the question of union is paramount”, bids the ex-RN Antoine Mellies, at Reconquest!. But the dialogue will remain a challenge, as the senator used harsh words once morest Marine Le Pen, quoting a “lack of sanity” and an ” habit “ from ” chop off the heads of anyone who hasn’t put a knee” in front of her.
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