Nicolas Bay, former senior leader of the National Rally who announced this Wednesday his rallying to Eric Zemmour, filed a complaint against the accusations of “sabotage” of the RN, criticizing Thursday his “slightly sectarian excesses”.
“These accusations (are) totally false, lies that are defamatory, I have filed a complaint,” said the MEP, who filed a complaint for defamation on Wednesday afternoon.
Suspended from the RN
Nicolas Bay was suspended Tuesday from “all his responsibilities”, including a campaign spokesperson, within the RN, who accuses him of having transmitted “strategic and confidential elements” to the rival of Marine Le Pen, which the MEP denies.
Asked about LCI on Wednesday evening about this, Marine Le Pen assured that she had “the elements” but refused to make them public.
Marine Le Pen “pushes towards the exit successively (…) all those who embody a sensitivity”, whether Marion Maréchal or Florian Philippot, lamented Mr. Bay, evoking “a little sectarian excesses”. “It’s more about the functioning of a sect than the functioning of a mature political party.”
“We cannot claim to bring the French together when we cannot bring together our own political family,” he said.
A rallying with Eric Zemmour
Nicolas Bay had announced Wednesday in Le Figaro his rallying to Eric Zemmour by castigating the “turnarounds and retreats” of Marine Le Pen and his “refusal of any form of internal debate” in the party.
Thursday, he said he “sinned by excess of sincerity” because the “comedy would have consisted of (…) defending a candidacy in which he no longer believes, and suddenly switch to another candidate overnight”.
He hailed Eric Zemmour’s “clarity, (…) sincerity, combativeness, and ability to unite” who “rightly speaks of the great replacement”, a conspiracy theory considering that the European population is replaced in an organized way by a non-European population.