Regional elections: the Grand Est, the other country of turmoil on the right

For several weeks, faces have been grimacing at the direction of LR when we talk about regional Paca and Grand Est.

If the situation in the first region is widely publicized, that in the second, more discreet, is potentially explosive also for the right.

In question: the MEP Nadine Morano, on a regal line to the right, including the outgoing president (LR) of the Grand Est and candidate for his succession, Jean Rottner, did not want to lead the list in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

At the beginning of May, after multiple exchanges, a compromise seemed to be emerging around the president LR of the federation of Meurthe-et-Moselle, Éric Pensalfini, a close friend of Nadine Morano.

On May 5, LR's national council approved his candidacy, as well as that of all the departmental leaders, at 89%.

But discreetly, his name was simply crossed out from the final press release.

“I am the coach of a team, we are leaving for six years together.

Knowing the themes carried by Nadine Morano and her personality, I do not want her on the list, ”claims Jean Rottner, who propelled Valérie Debord, former spokesperson for LR and historic rival of Nadine Morano, as leader.

"My political family is doing badly"

"I do not accept that Gaullism is erased in front of centrism", reacts Nadine Morano, who sees in her ousting and that of the president of the federation the open way towards a merger in the between two turns of LR with LREM, whose head of the list is the Secretary of State (ex-LR) Brigitte Klinkert.

"Jean Rottner and Renaud Muselier are two craftsmen of Macron to cut up LR", alarms the sarkozyst, who appeals to the President of the Republicans, Christian Jacob: "Either he bangs his fist on the table and imposes a line, or LR implodes !

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“There will be a merger in the second round between LR and LREM.

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"There was never any question of a merging of the list in the first round with LREM, this idea is maintained by my friends on the right", reacts Jean Rottner, who refuses to mention, however, the scenario of the second round: "I am in the battle of the first round. I will not import the national subjects to my home. "On Twitter, the head of the RN list, Laurent Jacobelli challenged Nadine Morano on Thursday:" Jean Rottner prefers to work with the macronists than with you? Of which act! I will be happy to count on your vote! "

"I do not answer, he is campaigning", reacts Nadine Morano, for whom "Laurent Jacobelli does not embody fascism and is not extreme right". And if she refuses to specify which ballot she will slip into the ballot box, she is categorical on one point: “I will not vote for Jean Rottner's list…” “My political family is doing badly. We can no longer live together, concludes Nadine Morano. At the end of the regional sessions, something else will have to be rebuilt, a large gathering for all those who want France to remain France and who want to kick out of the country those who distil a radical Islam ... "