An election campaign is not a walk in the park, but here it smells of brimstone… Christian Estrosi, always in the spotlight with interviews and in search of the killer phrase, has launched a first attack, but his young rival doesn’t seem ready to back down.
“Of the Le Pen family, she is the one showing the most extreme tendencies today,” “she is the most dangerous of the three,” Christian Estrosi declared yesterday on Europe 1. And it’s only the beginning of September…
Marion Maréchal Le Pen announced that she is filing a complaint against her opponent for lies and defamation.
“What her grandfather never agreed to do, she has just done—the alliance with the Bloc identitaire. She includes on her lists individuals with criminal records convicted of antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, etc.,” he accused again, referring to the presence on her list of a former leader of the Bloc Identitaire, Philippe Vardon.
“She confuses Muslims and Islamists by saying that all Muslims in France are Islamists,” said Christian Estrosi.
A not very active member of the National Assembly, according to the Mayor of Nice: “For the past three and a half years, she has not submitted a single bill, a single amendment, she is absent from all parliamentary debate.”
In fact, what had annoyed the Les Républicains candidate was the official announcement of Philippe Vardon’s (Nissa Rebela) presence on Marion Maréchal Le Pen’s list, motivated by his establishment in Nice and his ability to attract votes (a little over 5% in the 2014 municipal elections) from a working-class electorate. The same one Christian Estrosi sometimes targets with his populist proposals.
And we know in this election, every vote will matter…
