“Do you prefer Marine or Jordan?” The question jumps from one corner to the other of the Palais Nikaïa this Sunday afternoon, carried by dozens of cameras moving their lenses between the stands. On the last empty chairs, the sleeping tricolor flags are just waiting for a signal to wake up and flutter to the rhythm of jubilation.
The speakers spit happy, I will survive, Party, Space… The last spectators, often very young, return to their seats and wave in a reasonable atmosphere.
At 2 p.m., Alexandra Masson will open the festivities. “There are more than 5,000 of you”ignites Riviera MP, defecting from LR. It recalls the transalpine origin of the territory – “Here, 160 years ago, we wanted to be French.” Then tackles his former political family with a touch of greed – “In 2007 Sarkozy promised us Karcher and we got Kouchner.”
The head of the RN Maralpine Federation introduces two roundtables on social justice, insecurity and immigration, to which the activists are politely aware.
“O Marine, I love you!”
Photo Dylan Meiffret.
Finally, Marine Le Pen appears. It crosses the room under a storm of decibels. And the room explodes.
“If you knew the immense power you radiate, attacks the head of the frontist deputies. I especially feel this strength here in Nice. Nice is the starting point for the great national union that we are calling for. The next campaign starts here, with you!”
As Jordan Bardella will also do, she lures her new Riviera ally. “Political courage is rare, she begins. Éric Ciotti undeniably knew how to demonstrate this. THE [séisme] The policy it led to is anything but anecdotal: it is a major event in the restructuring taking shape behind the mediocre arrangements. That will be the condition for victory tomorrow.”
A voice thunders in silence: “O Marine, I love you!” Jean-Marie Le Pen’s daughter smiles and continues: “With [ce gouvernement], the security of the French is on rotating duty. In week A it will be left to Interior Minister Bruno Retaileau, then in week B to Justice Minister Didier Migaud, the epitome of outspoken leftism.”
“Those Who Ruined France”
Photo Dylan Meiffret.
She points “a great divergence” with the host at Place Beauvau, who declared in The Sunday Journal that the rule of law is not “not intangible or sacred.” “It is not the rule of law as such that must be challenged, on the contrary, she says. We are the guarantors of that. What is questionable is the way in which they overturned this notion to make it an instrument for the subjugation of people who would no longer have the democratic freedom to develop the law. We will never accept that!”
Marine Le Pen is still scratching “those who destroyed France and lied to the French”broadly condemns the migration policy “relax”and then gives the floor to Jordan Bardella.
“Our victory was only delayed”
The president of the National Rally curiously addresses almost theme after theme the intervention of his political godmother. However, it stands out for the virulence of its attacks against “the extreme left”.
“They made anti-Semitism an election argument, he growls. A year ago, Israel experienced both its September 11 and its Bataclan. Jean-Luc Mélenchon called on students in France to demonstrate Palestinian standards in front of faculties. We will not give them anything. We are the only bulwark against the enemies of the Republic!”
Photo Dylan Meiffret.
“Our victory has not been annulled, it has only been postponed, he insists. I know your impatience; I share your sense of urgency about this sad spectacle. The moments of truth are not far away. We prepare the great change, we embody hope. I need you, your fervor, your determination!”
The Nikaïa Palace stands. “More than ever, be French, proud to be French, he shouts. Until victory!”
Marine Le Pen joins him on stage, kisses him to an ovation. Among the audience, a teenager raises his fists and shouts at the head of state: “Manu, you can disintegrate whenever you want. We are ready! “
