The alliance of the president of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Paca) LR Renaud Muselier with Sophie Cluzel, the Secretary of State for Disabled People and head of the LREM list for the regions, is causing a stir.
While a large part of the right considers this agreement as a "
terrible mistake
" and that the Republicans withdrew the nomination to Renaud Muselier en Paca, Gérald Darmanin, former LR and Minister of the Interior, believes on Radio Classique that this partnership is necessary to beat the National Rally.
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According to him, this alliance "
validates a posteriori
" what Édouard Philippe, Bruno Le Maire, Sébastien Lecornu, Thierry Solère and others did in 2017 by joining Emmanuel Macron.
At the time, recalls Darmanin, "
several of us told them, we must hear the outstretched hand and see that our electorate merges with that of the President of the Republic
".
"
The man for the job
"
The Minister of the Interior took the opportunity to mock the result of the LR candidate, François-Xavier Bellamy during the last European elections.
“
He made 8% on a conservative line.
The French right is made to make between 25 and 30%.
This means that there is a large part of the right-wing electorate, who like me, considers the President of the Republic to be the man for the job
, ”he addresses.
According to him, Emmanuel Macron is the man of the situation for the right as for the French because he "
lowers taxes
", "
restores security
" and "
gives a good image of France in the world
".
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In addition, Gérald Darmanin considers that the different parties must join forces in "
a fight by the Republicans against the National Front
". "
The right and the left of government must support Emmanuel Macron
", he judges, specifying that according to him, "
one should not imagine personal careers when the interest of France is at stake
".
