The Republicans party, in turmoil after the tension this week of its candidate Renaud Muselier in the Paca region, "
is becoming a satellite of the National Gathering
," said government spokesman Gabriel Attal on Sunday.
LR "
is totally divided between on the one hand those who want to make a pact with the National Rally and the others (...) By dint of making a big gap, they have come to a breakdown between these two tendencies
", a- he banged.
“
It is this drift that we are witnessing.
It is worrying, we see it during this campaign, but I think that the germs were there,
”he insisted again.
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Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Sunday, May 2 the withdrawal from the LREM list led in this region by Secretary of State Sophie Cluzel for the benefit of Renaud Muselier's list, causing a crisis at LR. Muselier, the region's outgoing president, then backed down, leading Cluzel to maintain his list. The deadline for filing the lists is May 17th. Until then, explained Gabriel Attal, either the LR candidate "
is ready, as he had initially proposed, to welcome members of the presidential majority
", or the latter "will
present autonomous lists in this region
" .
The Macronie regional offensive is also being deployed in Hauts-de-France, with the entry into the campaign of the Keeper of the Seals Eric Dupond-Moretti against the outgoing ex-LR Xavier Bertrand and the RN.
Gabriel Attal justified this late entry on Sunday by the desire of LREM to "
promote our project and ensure to fight
against the RN", putting in the background the rivalry with Xavier Bertrand, also candidate for the presidential election of 2022 .
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“
It is not a target Xavier Bertrand, it is not an enemy. He is an opponent who says himself that he will not worry about the region once the election is over,
”he tackled in reference to Xavier Bertrand's candidacy for the presidential election.
