(ANSA) - PARIS, 22 JUL - The president of the Ile-de-France region and former minister during NicolasSarkozy's five-year term, Valérie Pécresse, announces her candidacy for the presidential elections of 2022. "I am a candidate for the presidency of the Republic to restore French pride" , affirms the former member of the Républicains, announcing his candidacy in an interview published this afternoon on the website of the newspaper Le Figaro. Pécresse, who got a second mandate at the helm of Ile-de-France in recent regional elections, says she wants to present herself in the center-right primaries as a "free woman". (HANDLE).
France: Pécresse is running for presidential elections 2022
2021-07-22T14:51:13.735Z
The president of the Ile-de-France region and former minister during Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, Valérie Pécresse, announces her candidacy in the 2022 presidential elections.