Eric Zemmour and François-Xavier Bellamy do not regret their opposition to the text

2023-04-23 15:49:57

They haven’t changed their minds. Opposed to marriage for all voted ten years ago, the president of Reconquest! Eric Zemmour like MEP LR François-Xavier Bellamy said on Sunday that they did not regret anything. The two politicians are also worried about a shift towards the legalization of surrogacy (GPA).

“What was at stake was a model of society”

“When I reread what I was able to write or say on that occasion, I see that everything we said with those who opposed” marriage for all “came true”, said on Radio J Bellamy. “What was at stake was a societal model that included the extension of PMA (…) and surrogacy,” he argued, assuring that “what we denounced ended up happening “.

If medically assisted procreation (PMA) for all women has been authorized in France since the end of September 2021, this is not the case for surrogacy (GPA).

For the vice-president of the LR, his opposition to same-sex marriage actually amounted to “a global choice”. “I do not consider surrogacy as progress”, “and I would not like to apologize for that”, he added, expressing his resentment towards “those who hysterized this debate”.

No repeal of the law

Asked about BFMTV, the president of Reconquest! Eric Zemmour took the same line, not subscribing to the recent “accumulation of mea culpa”, in particular ministers Gérald Darmanin and Christophe Béchu, who regretted their fight against marriage for all. “I was hostile to this marriage for all because (…) I knew that this marriage was a stage (…) in a much longer project”, he developed.

“In truth, after marriage (…) it was planned that there would then be the PMA for single women and lesbian couples and the GPA for homosexual men. Well we are almost there, ”he assured.

Defending himself from being “homophobic” – “I don’t care, everyone does what they want”, Zemmour considered that the legalization of marriage for all had “gave people the impression that everything was going to hell and that a “civilizational rupture” was taking place. In the event of accession to power, neither Bellamy nor Zemmour would repeal the law.