Michel Barnier, who hopes to represent the right in the presidential election, warned Tuesday against any "
campaign of controversy
" or "
aggression
" before the inauguration of the LR candidate on December 4.
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While the six candidates in the running multiply trips and interviews, this campaign "
must not be a campaign of controversy, aggressiveness and attacks,
" said Michel Barnier during a public meeting in Maisons-Alfort, ensuring : “
I am not an altar boy
”.
"
We do not improvise a candidate
" but "
I feel ready,
" said the former negotiator for Brexit, who is considered one of the favorites of the December 4 congress.
"We have a responsibility"
“
I don't know if I'm the favorite, an election is won on election day. It is not the polls, the little musics that make the election,
"said the former minister to journalists, credited with 8 to 10% in the polls in the first round of the presidential election, less than Xavier Bertrand.
For him, "
what is important is that we respect each other
" while the right "
is in a serious and demanding situation
".
“
We have a very serious responsibility.
If we do not win it, we must fear the worst.
If we are not present in the second round, the risk of explosion exists.
So many people right and left want to reclaim pieces of our political family!
“, He added in front of a room of 150 people.
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"
Let us remain united, solid, which does not prevent diversity
", he added, citing Bruno Retailleau, Laurent Wauquiez or François-Xavier Bellamy "
which our country needs
".
Because "
our country is not doing well, in a fragile Europe and an unstable world
", he added, before unfolding his program - ministry of public security, nuclear consolidation, reward for work ...
Macron's "lonely" management
Michel Barnier, who had surprised in Brussels by his remarks on immigration, also pleaded for Europe because "
nobody waits for us any more in the world
" and "
if we do not create the sufficient critical mass, one does not count any more.
".
If he criticized the far right for "
reviving tensions, fears
", he also attacked the "
lonely
"
management
of Emmanuel Macron.
“
The idea that I have of the function is not the one we have seen for five years,
” added the former European Commissioner, whom some see ideologically close to the Head of State.
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During this meeting, the candidate makes the public laugh with his well-honed anecdotes, from his mother standing up to Jacques Chirac in a meeting, to the farmer of Aravis who throws him "
Barnier, like the doctor?
"He hits the mark with Yvette and Jean, octogenarians who see in him"
the best
"against Xavier Bertrand"
and his hometown
"as well as Valérie Pécresse"
who had sworn that she would remain president of the region
".
Eustache, 68, believes that Michel Barnier is "
a serious guy, always on the move
".
As for his delay in the polls, "
he is able to go up,
" he says.
Like Luc, 51 years old, who took his card two days ago and assures it: "
This guy has a will, he plots his way, he is not the type to compromise
."