Is Marion Maréchal, granddaughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen and niece of Marine, about to emerge from political retirement to support the presidential election campaign of Éric Zemmour?
Normally the answer to any question posed by a journalist is ‘no’ but maybe not this time. Marion could give new momentum to Zemmour’s campaign, which seems recently to be stuck in a rut. Marion could be the right figure to lure National Front voters — who have been disgruntled with her aunt, Marine Le Pen — towards Zemmour.
Zemmour’s political consultants think she could be the deus ex machina to resolve the conflict at the heart of the opposition to Macron: three candidates — Le Pen and Zemmour in the right lane, and Valerie Pécresse, the official Républicains candidate, on the centre-right.
Marine didn’t go to Marion’s wedding. Marion and Éric Zemmour however get along famously
‘It’s a matter of timing. If she appears on a platform with Éric it could put him in the second round,’ says a source close to Zemmour.
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