The Republican MEPs, at the conservative positions claimed, also stated that it would vote for the far-right candidate in the event of a second round facing Emmanuel Macron.
Le Monde with AFP
François-Xavier Bellamy, MEP of Republicans (LR), said Thursday that he brought his sponsorship to Eric Zemmour for the presidential election to avoid a “major democratic crisis”, and assured that he would vote For him if he arrived in the second round with Emmanuel Macron.
“I decided to give my sponsorship to Eric Zemmour, the most late candidate in the quest for sponsorships,” said Europe 1 former LR leader in the European 2019, for whom This is a question of “responsibility”.
m. Bellamy called “all elected” who did not give any sponsorship “to react to prevent the major democratic crisis that we would live tomorrow if we were in a situation of sustainable blocking”.
“Emmanuel Macron Deeply damaged our country “
The special advisor of Valérie Pécresse, in charge of his country organizational chart with the European Parliament, has also ensured that “if tomorrow he had to be a duel between Emmanuel Macron and Eric Zemmour, I would vote for Eric Zemmour” .
“I believe that Emmanuel Macron deeply damaged our country, our democratic life, and I think we absolutely need to turn the five-year page of Macronism”, which “deeply damaged our country” and “our democratic life “, affirmed the elected representative, to the conservative positions claimed.
Wednesday already, six Senators LR, including Sebastien, and Etienne Blanc, had announced that they brought their sponsorship at Eric Zemmour, which “not worth support,” they said in a common statement, invoking the Need to combat “a democratic nonsense”.
“We are a few days from the end of sponsorships and we have candidates who represent important movements in the opinion, and who could be prevented from presenting the presidential election” even though they would be “likely to Qualify for the second round, “said Bellamy. “The question we are asked is: Do we still want to be a democracy? What would we say if it happened in other countries?” Has he interrogated.