{"id":1364317,"date":"2022-03-08T09:41:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1364317"},"modified":"2022-03-08T09:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T14:41:17","slug":"rockstar-of-the-right-marion-zemmour-can-unite-people-around-him-to-win-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rockstar-of-the-right-marion-zemmour-can-unite-people-around-him-to-win-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Rockstar of the Right&#039; Marion: Zemmour Can Unite People Around Him to Win Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frockstar-of-the-right-marion-zemmour-can-unite-people-around-him-to-win-presidency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1364317&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Marion Mar\u00e9chal, the niece of populist Presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, has formally joined the presidential campaign of right-wing rival conservative Eric Zemmour, arguing that he stands a better chance of uniting voters to defeat Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00e9chal, who is a former MP of the Front National (FN) that was led by Marine Le Pen before the party rebranded to become the National Rally (RN), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/politique\/3247215-20220306-presidentielle-2022-toulon-marion-marechal-rescousse-eric-zemmour\">formally pledged her support<\/a> to conservative pundit and writer Eric Zemmour at a rally in Toulon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to lie to you, it was difficult to make that decision. My political past, my professional responsibilities, my family ties, did not make this choice obvious,\u201d Mar\u00e9chal said at the rally and added, \u201cBut five years ago I left with a sense of discouragement, with the impression that we were the useful idiots of saving the system,\u201d 20 Minutes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.20minutes.fr\/politique\/3247215-20220306-presidentielle-2022-toulon-marion-marechal-rescousse-eric-zemmour\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe victory is possible again. Eric Zemmour is the best placed in this election, it is not a question of polls, but politics is a dynamic, it is bridges that are being built, it is a skill that is asserting itself,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marion Marechal, a former French MP and niece of populist National Rally leader Marine Le Pen stated she will not be voting for her aunt. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wQZTQe04he\">https:\/\/t.co\/wQZTQe04he<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1487939132823420928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valeursactuelles.com\/politique\/exclusif-marion-marechal-explique-son-ralliement-a-eric-zemmour\/\">interview<\/a> published on Sunday by the French conservative magazine <em>Valeurs Actuelles<\/em>, Mar\u00e9chal went deeper into why she is now supporting Zemmour over her aunt in the first round of the presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I was absolutely convinced that a political space had been neglected for years, especially because of the ideological and strategic choices of the National Rally. As we know, half of the RN voters have never returned to the polls since the 2017 presidential election,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I consider that Eric Zemmour is in the best position to qualify and create a surprise in the second round. He has cards in hand that others don\u2019t have,\u201d she told the magazine, indicting that Zemmour had more potential to unite conservatives and others around him than Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEric Zemmour seems to be the only one who can tear down the electoral wall that had gradually been erected between different French socio-professional categories,\u201d Mar\u00e9chal said and added, \u201cBy building a project for all, using another dialectic, Eric Zemmour has managed to bring together French people from all backgrounds and all conditions. He is tearing down this famous electoral wall that I was talking about. This is very good news for the defenders of national unity that we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With only days to spare, both Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen have managed to scrape together enough endorsements from elected officials to earn a spot within the French presidential race. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AlWBNfGwwb\">https:\/\/t.co\/AlWBNfGwwb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1499461141155692544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Mar\u00e9chal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2017\/05\/09\/marion-le-pen-announces-quitting-politics\/\">left French politics in 2017<\/a> after the defeat of Marine Le Pen and many have been curious since as to whether she would return to French political life.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she was returning to politics by supporting Zemmour, Mar\u00e9chal stated, \u201cMy involvement in the presidential campaign in support of Eric Zemmour will therefore be active and total. And yes, we can consider that it is a sustainable return to political action. I know that it is the circumstances, the events, the voters who decide this, but I have the wish to participate with all my strength in the recovery of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope to be able to be a useful instrument in the context of this great orchestra that is being set up, and which, at the end, I am sure, will give harmonious music and, I am convinced, victorious for our country,\u201d Mar\u00e9chal said.<\/p>\n<p>Current French presidential opinion polling shows Zemmour may have a fight ahead of him to make it to the second round as two polls released on Monday put him in fourth place.<\/p>\n<p>An\u00a0OpinionWay\/K\u00e9a Partners <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeElects\/status\/1500795600824115202?s=20&#038;t=CyeM7t5D9IDLgAFS7jZ-nA\">poll<\/a> gave Zemmour 11 per cent of the vote, while Le Pen stood at 18 per cent and centre-right Les Republicains (LR) candidate Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse at 13 per cent as French president Macron led with 30 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Ifop-Fiducial polling, meanwhile, gave Zemmour <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeElects\/status\/1500867552653811712?s=20&#038;t=CyeM7t5D9IDLgAFS7jZ-nA\">12.5 per cent<\/a> but the polling for Le Pen, Macron and P\u00e9cresse polled the same as the\u00a0OpinionWay\/K\u00e9a Partners survey.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">France, Ifop-Fiducial poll:<\/p>\n<p>Macron (EC-RE): 30% (+1)<br \/>Le Pen (RN-ID): 18% (+1)<br \/>P\u00e9cresse (LR-EPP): 13% (-1)<br \/>Zemmour (REC-NI): 12.5% (+0.5)<br \/>M\u00e9lenchon (LFI-LEFT): 11.5%<br \/>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>+\/- vs. 1-4 March 2022<\/p>\n<p>Fieldwork: 3-7 March 2022<br \/>Sample size: 1,506<br \/>\u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oL97q6lO3I\">https:\/\/t.co\/oL97q6lO3I<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p2LkIkvBkz\">pic.twitter.com\/p2LkIkvBkz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuropeElects\/status\/1500867552653811712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at\u00a0<span data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or email at\u00a0ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marion Mar\u00e9chal, the niece of populist Presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen, has formally joined the presidential campaign of right-wing rival conservative Eric Zemmour, arguing that he stands a better chance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1364317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}