Posters depicting Erik Zemmour in Biarritz. File photoPARIS, Jan 30The leader of the French National Rally party during Marine Le Pen's presidential campaign, Jordan Bardella, accused the team of another French presidential candidate, Eric Zemmour, of dishonest campaigning methods. «They have certain methods … They call deputies, promise money, promotions in legislative elections. These are dishonest methods. I, like many French people, wonder if «Operation Zemmour» is needed to prevent Marine Le Pen from passing to the second round, to the point of letting Valerie Pecresse pass, to promote her election or the re-election of Emmanuel Macron,» Bardella told BFMTV.French presidential candidate proposed holding a meeting with Russia's participationEarlier, the head of the delegation of the French right-wing National Rally party in the European Parliament, Jerome Riviere, decided to join the party of the far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour and support him in the presidential election, since Marine Le Pen, according to him unable to win on them. As the Parisien newspaper later reported, in addition to Riviera, another member of the Le Pen team, Damien Rieu, assistant to her adviser Philippe Olivier, decided to join Zemmour. Further information appeared in the newspaper that Le Pen's niece, Marion Maréchal Le Pen, was considering the possibility of supporting Zemmour in the elections. campaigns in France. The presidential elections in France will be held in April 2022. A number of candidates have already declared their desire to run for the presidency. In addition to Marine Le Pen and Eric Zemmours, these are Jean-Luc Mélenchon, head of the left-wing France Insubordinate party, Valerie Pecresse, candidate of the center-right Republican party, Yannick Jadot, member of the Europe-Ecology-Greens party, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the Communist Party, mayor Anne Hidalgo of Paris, who is running for the elections from the Socialist Party, is the former French Minister of Justice Christian Tobira. The incumbent President Emmanuel Macron has not yet officially announced his participation in the election race. .jpg» /> Zemmour demanded that Mélenchon not talk to him like a dog
