Three weeks before the regional elections, the same question arises in the PS and in Les Républicains. Will it be necessary to set up the famous “
republican front
” - and therefore an alliance with LREM - on the evening of the first round to prevent the RN from winning regions? Guest of the “
Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro
” on Sunday, Guillaume Peltier, number 2 of LR wants to put an end to this logic. “
I no longer want the Republican front. I no longer want this imposture, this intellectual laziness
, ”he lambasted. “
It just doesn't make sense. I don't get up in the morning against the National Rally. The enemy of the Republic is political Islam, unemployment, the collapse of our homeland, social despair,economic collapse
“, He wanted to emphasize.
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In the same vein, the vice-president of the Republicans did not appreciate the openness of Renaud Muselier, the outgoing president LR in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, to macronists on his list.
In the event of a second round against the head of the RN list, Thierry Mariani, Guillaume Peltier even indicates that he "
would vote blank
" between the two men.
In the same way that he would not choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in the event of a return match in 2022. "
There can be no collusion with La République en Marche
", he insisted.
"Xavier Bertrand is today in the best position"
To counterbalance, the number 2 of LR assured that there were "
lots of very good people in (his) political family who respect the values
" of the party. He notably took as an example the list of Gilles Platret in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (see opposite). “
Gilles Platret wants to conquer a region. He made an alliance with the UDI, independent environmentalists, Debout la France and all Republicans. He is right. It is on the pride of our values, of our convictions, that we will be able to reconquer regions, and not by submitting to the single thought, to the good-thinking of macronism
”, affirmed Guillaume Peltier.
Concerning the presidential election of 2022, the deputy LR believes that "
Xavier Bertrand is today in the best position, embodying this popular right
", even if the president of Hauts-de-France, already a candidate for the queen of the elections, has left Les Républicains at the end of 2017. For the time being, the right-wing party has not given its support to any claimant.
"
Let us let the regional elections pass and then we must, at the latest in September, designate and support the one who is best placed
", explained Guillaume Peltier.
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