8th floor of 238 rue de Vaugirard, office of the President of the Republicans, lounge side.
On a white sofa, Christian Jacob.
Above him, on the wall, a large photo of Jacques Chirac and Simone Veil in 1974… Jacob: “If we had a Chirac today, it would be known.
Instead, we have a new candidate every day… ”Fade to black, change of scenery.
Luxembourg Palace, 2nd floor, office of the president of the LR group in the Senate, lounge side.
On a cream sofa, Bruno Retailleau.
Above him, on the wall, two modern art paintings, one by Anselme Boix-Vives, the other René Laubiès.
Retailleau: “Two singular painters, that is to say, who do not belong to a school.
I like singular painters who have a personal path… ”
Everyone has their own decoration, everyone has their own vision, and basically everyone has their own line.
One, great loyal to Chirac and Sarkozy, awaits the natural candidate and first wants to prepare a program before entering the “competition for notoriety between personalities in need of recognition”.
The other has "never been so free and no longer feels indebted to anyone".
They do not agree on the calendar, or on whether or not to maintain a primary.
They don't actually agree on anything.
Two rooms, two atmospheres, therefore, and yet a common responsibility: not to fall back into the fratricidal wars which have already cost the French right so much in the past.
Leaving disunited for the battle of 2022 would be the almost certain guarantee of disqualification from the first round.
This is precisely what Emmanuel Macron hopes.
