Lecturer at the University of Lille and associate researcher at the Sciences Po Political Research Center (Cevipof), Laurence Morel has just published with the political scientist Pascal Perrineau a note on the primary edited by the Foundation for political innovation (Fondapol ).
LE FIGARO.
- Does the right have an interest in organizing a primary to nominate its candidate?
Laurence MOREL.
- Yes, because the right cannot hope to appear in the second round if it presents itself divided.
However, the primary is the surest way to obtain a single representative in the presidential election.
Provided that no candidate is excluded from this process.
The president of Hauts-de-France, Xavier Bertrand, refuses to submit to it and dreams of establishing himself as a "natural candidate".
Can his strategy win?
The hypothesis of a "natural candidate" is very unlikely, for two reasons.
First, this type of "political animal" is becoming increasingly rare: this is shown by the persistent debate on the organization.
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