Brice Hortefeux is a putative candidate for the European elections. The former Minister of Labor is, for the moment, not guaranteed to appear in an “electable place” on the Republican list.

“To be on a list, which is the worst of elections, you need three conditions: to want it, your political family must encourage you and the voters must approve it,” he says. For now, the list led by François Xavier Bellamy is only credited with 7% of voting intentions. A score allowing only seven or eight parliamentarians to be sent to Brussels.