Advance his pawns little by little his pawns. This is the strategy implemented by Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France. Reelected at the head of her region with 45.9% of the vote, the likely candidate for a possible right-wing primary believes that "
the hour for women has come".
In an interview with the newspaper La Provence
,
the president of the
Free
movement
!
says it: she will "make
her voice heard"
this summer. Clearly, Valérie Pécresse is preparing the spirits for her probable entry into the campaign in the coming weeks. Because, according to her, there is no "
natural candidate that has emerged"
to the right.
A spike directly addressed to Xavier Bertrand, already launched for the presidential election and who wishes to impose himself in a balance of power poll.
Faced with his putative competitors, the president of Hauts-de-France said he wanted to "
lead the rally".
But according to his colleague from Ile-de-France, “
we cannot play solo in this affair”.
"I have been vaccinated twice: against the Covid and against the divisions of the right
"
In a column published Tuesday, July 6 in Le Figaro, Valérie Pécresse, Laurent Wauquiez, Bruno Retailleau, and Hervé Morin displayed a united front by launching a call for the organization of an open primary. An initiative, they say, to avoid the scattering of votes in the first round, and to refuse any natural candidate or nominated by a poll, as proposed by Christian Jacob. "
Me, I am vaccinated twice: against the Covid and against the divisions of the right",
insists Valérie Pécresse. Way of forcing the hand of Xavier Bertrand so that he lines up behind the primary.
As for the president of Hauts-de-France, Valérie Pécresse hopes that her success in the regions will serve as a launching pad. Between Emmanuel Macron, whose "
at the same time is a form of political sculling which creates immobility",
and Marine Le Pen portrayed as "
wolf disguised as a grandmother",
the former budget minister wants to find a way of passage which allows him to impose himself. During the regional elections, Valérie Pécresse had mentioned
"a choice of society"
in the face of the union of the left. After having convinced the Ile-de-France residents, she now hopes to persuade her camp.