While an electoral agreement in PACA announced by Jean Castex for the benefit of Renaud Muselier created a stir on the right, the presidential candidate Xavier Bertrand wrote to all right-wing parliamentarians on Tuesday, according to
Le Figaro
information
for the invite to the gathering. "To
succumb again to the song of the sirens would lead us inexorably into the trap set by a president at bay
", writes Xavier Bertrand. “
Let’s outsmart this miserable ploy and live up to our ambitions
”, continues the candidate, urging parliamentarians to “
unity
”.
For the candidate, the agreement announced by Jean Castex and rejected by part of the right “
also demonstrates, if need be, that the rejection of macronism is no longer questionable. The French no longer want it. The President of the Republic has felt it, understood it and fears it
”. Very critical of the Head of State, Xavier Bertrand sees the attempted electoral agreement in PACA as an admission of weakness by the presidential majority.
"After four years in office (...), the President of the Republic is reduced to allying himself on the sly with a former opponent, failing to have succeeded in postponing these elections".
While the presidential election looms and a part of the right may be tempted to join Emmanuel Macron, Xavier Bertrand invites them to "
patience
". "
I am convinced that our victory in the regional and departmental elections first, then in the presidential election, is within our reach
", wants to believe the candidate. "Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy led us to victory because they have always had an aversion to compromise," he argues.
