France’s right-wing candidate for president suffered a key defection on Sunday when her niece – a well-known politician in her own right – declared that she would support a hard-right candidate in the country’s upcoming elections. Marion Marechal – the niece of National Rally candidate Marine Le Pen – said on Sunday that she would support Eric Zemmour in the elections, in which voting starts next month. “Yes, I have decided to support Eric Zemmour in the presidential elections,” said Marechal in comments to the newspaper Valeurs Actuelles. “I’m backing the candidate whom I see as best position…