Saturday, the members of the Republicans made their choice.
In a remote vote, 58% of them chose the option of the two-round congress to choose the right-wing candidate who will represent them in the 2022 presidential election. Only LR activists will be able to vote. vote at this event to be held on December 4th.
A decision which therefore closes the door to the participation of activists from parties allied with the Republicans, such as the UDI.
And that does not satisfy a number of personalities from the right and the center, who pleaded for a more open process.
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This is the case of the president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse.
Invited this morning on BFMTV, the one who wishes to represent the right and the center in the presidential election had "
a little word
" for her "
centrist allies who will not be able to participate in this election
".
“
I will also go and present my candidacy for the UDI and the centrists,
” announced the president of the Île-de-France region.
"
Our allies must feel that they too are respected,
" she argues.
"We will have to expand"
According to her, to win the presidential election, the right needs to "
expand
" and "
gather very widely
".
And that is what it wishes to do by associating the allied parties with this designation.
Will it go it alone in the event of designation by the UDI and the centrists and defeat at the Congress of the Republicans?
She swears not.
"
At the end of the day, you need a single candidate,
" she promises, estimating that the right-wing candidate will be "
in the second round
" of the presidential election.
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For several days, other right-wing personalities, such as Hervé Morin, have been moved by LR's decision not to associate the other political parties on the right and in the center with this designation.
This morning, on France Inter, Michel Barnier said that if he "would
respect this rule of the game"
, he would "have
preferred a more open vote, because it would have given greater legitimacy
".
