The mayor of Béziers (Hérault), Robert Ménard (various right), prefers Marine Le Pen (RN) than Eric Zemmour (various right). The elected official brought his sponsorship officially this Friday to the RN presidential candidate, visiting the Hérault sub-prefecture, “despite the disagreements” between them.
“We do not have to agree on everything to work together,” said the city councilor, who now claims to have “much less” disagreements with Marine Le Pen. “I had unfair words towards you (…) but at the same time, things have changed. The RN is not the FN, ”he added. “A few years ago, you were more divisive than you are”, but “Marine, she is doing a very different campaign from 2017, she has taken on a different dimension, she embodies the presidential function better”.
“My goal is not to look for clones”
“We can work together when we have disagreements”, added Marine Le Pen, reiterating the desire for a government “of national unity, which presupposes disagreements”. “My goal is not to look for clones, it is to convince beyond” the RN, to which Robert Ménard has never joined. “Robert had harsh words for me but you have to accept it” and “be able to go over yourself to put in place the conditions of the rally”, she added.
The two far-right officials had already sealed their reconciliation on February 16, 2021. This Friday, they did not hide their differences, for example on the vaccination pass, supported by Robert Ménard and contested by Marine Le Pen, or on the political divisions. “Me, I believe in a right / left cleavage”, said the mayor of Béziers, defender of a “union of the rights”. “Me, no,” replied the boss of the RN.
Robert Ménard reiterated his wish that a meeting be organized in February between Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmour, so that they agree to withdraw in favor of the best placed. The mayor had received on October 16, in his town, Eric Zemmour for a conference that looked like a meeting, where the former columnist had wished to “remove the power (to) counter-powers” such as “justice, the media, minorities ”.