Unternehmen Le Pen: a very canning strategy

 

Never underestimate the Le Pen family. Read between the lines. Marine Le Pen knew fairly well that much of the French electorate would not support Front National if she were to stick to Monsieur Le Pen approach to politics. So Front National went from Front National to Rassemblement National and started to capture the attention of voters who were more willing to support the new approach. 

In the meantime, Marine Le Pen saw that many Front National followers would not approve the changes and something needed to be done. This is where Marion Maréchal-Le Pen (now Marion Maréchal) had a role to play. As Monsieur Le Pen would not be the right card, Eric Zemmour would take the flag with Marion Maréchal at his side and rally all voters that wanted to follow the traditional lines of the Front National because in any case in a first round it would make little difference, but it will matter in the second round and the French Presidential system is about ballotage. Once a nationalist party gets to the second round of the ballotage, all votes can be added up to ensure that there is strong foundation for a nationalist movement at a time when the choice is clear: continuity with Macron or change with Le Pen.