Numerous signals foreshadowed it.
It is now official.
Christian Estrosi will support Emmanuel Macron for the 2022 presidential election. The mayor of Nice announced it on BFMTV / RMC on Wednesday 6 October.
Support "
unambiguously
" from the former member of the Republicans, who "
will vote
" for the President of the Republic and will do "
everything to convince
" around him.
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“
It's a problem of intellectual honesty.
I am a Gaullist, I come from a lineage of the right and the center wanted by Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, and today, he is the one who embodies this real lineage, especially in the reforms that have been made
”, justified the aedile.
According to him, many reforms wanted by the right were put in place by Emmanuel Macron: the Labor Code, special regimes, the opening to competition of the SNCF for regional express transport or the abolition of the ISF. .
Hubert Falco also supports Macron
A second brand support from the right for Emmanuel Macron, after the rallying of the mayor of Toulon, Hubert Falco, at the end of August. The two personalities had slammed the door of the Republicans after the psychodrama in Paca during the last regional elections, when the LREM and LR lists had merged, to the chagrin of the party leadership.
For Christian Estrosi, Emmanuel Macron also provides answers on subjects such as immigration. "
When I have seen for some time, in matters of immigration, this inflection which is his, where he says very clearly that he will restrict the visas for the Maghreb countries which do not accept to take back their nationals when are in an irregular situation with us, when I see this hardening of the tone vis-à-vis Algeria, I begin to feel very comfortable on these subjects which could until now be subjects of doubts for me
», Explains the former Minister of Industry.
In addition, the mayor of Nice also mentioned his former political formation, LR, which remains "
his family at heart
".
“
I am unhappy, I am sad to see what it is reduced to.
The great ideas that we have carried through great personalities, I want to say to all these voters who feel orphans that we will continue to carry these ideas,
”added Christian Estrosi.
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