In terms of internal competition, the right has a long tradition. But history never repeats itself identically. There were long battles of the first round (Chirac against Giscard, Barre or Balladur). Before the "open" primary - more than 4 million participants - organizes the selection ahead of the presidential election. This time, the very method is the subject of debate, opposing the supporters and the traumatized of the 2017 primary. Its defenders stress that a plurality of candidacies would amount to electoral suicide. Those who refuse it rely on a natural selection of which they cannot define incontestable modalities. Polls? Support for elected officials? The media echo? By this yardstick, Jacques Chirac would have been forced to step aside in 1995.
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Eighteen months from the deadline, they are four to consider competing: François Baroin, Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse and Bruno Retailleau (in alphabetical order). If all have the status of serious candidate, if
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