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Despite the involvement of his ministers, the head of state keeps his distance from the regional

2021-05-02T22:01:10.725Z


The regional should not be a test of popularity for the president. The only common campaign theme accepted will be the recovery plan, applied to the territories concerned.


Beware of the Walker who will put the president's photo on his campaign material.

If some evoke “the presidential majority” on their visuals, voters should not see, for example, a banner “L'Île-de-France with Macron” on the posters of the candidate from Ile-de-France.

"I think the message has gone well ..."

, laughs an elected LREM.

"Departmental and regional elections are local ballots that should not be nationalized,"

explains one at the Elysee.

If the deputies were elected in 2017 on the name of Emmanuel Macron, there is no question of making the June elections a test of presidential popularity.

It must be said that polls do not lend themselves to this kind of experience.

With the exception of the Center-Val de Loire region which is closely observed by the strategists of the majority (the list is led by Minister MoDem Marc Fesneau), no region seems able to fall into the hands of LREM .

Emmanuel Macron does not use the regional to legitimize himself.

It's up to us to legitimize the union of the presidential majority, it's up to us to move

Bruno Bonnell, leader in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

"Our role is to keep the president as far away as possible

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Source: lefigaro

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