He therefore chose Saint-Tropez. The former far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour (Reconquest!) is running for the legislative elections in the 4th district of Var, he announced Thursday after information from Var Morning. “Reconquest is back everywhere in France. I will lead our beautiful and great fight alongside our 550 candidates. I am running in the 4th constituency of Var, ”tweeted Eric Zemmour, who had won 7.07% of the presidential vote.
He will hold a meeting this Thursday evening in Cogolin at 6 p.m. The president of the Reconquest! had obtained 14.7% of the votes in the first round of the presidential election in this constituency, against 32.2% for Marine Le Pen and 24.1% for Emmanuel Macron. In particular, he will face an RN candidate, Philippe Lottiaux, and the outgoing Macronist MP Sereine Mauborgne. The rebellious Sabine Cristofani-Viglione will also try her luck.
A meeting in Cogolin on Thursday evening
The former columnist of Figaro and of CNews hesitated for a long time before appearing in a ballot which promises to be complicated for his camp. He repeatedly called for an agreement with the RN, to no avail. If Eric Zemmour “shows up, he goes to the box”, commented the president of RN Jordan Bardella on Wednesday. His leader of the youth movement Stanislas Rigault is a candidate in neighboring Vaucluse, in the 2nd constituency. Pregnant, the former deputy RN Marion Maréchal, vice-president of Reconquest!, decided not to appear.