It is a symbolic bar ... and a political one.
The Republicans have just crossed the 100,000 member mark on Wednesday, according to information from
Figaro
confirmed by the party leadership.
An increase of + 25% in barely four weeks: they were only 79,181 on September 25, during the internal vote to choose the mode of appointment of the right-wing presidential candidate.
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The various contenders for Congress quickly understood the interest in their support being included in order to influence, within the party, the nomination of the candidate on December 4.
An equation that did not escape Valérie Pécresse and Xavier Bertrand who both took back their party cards.
The president of the Île-de-France region had slammed the door in 2019, while her counterpart from Hauts-de-France had left in December 2017.
Until November 16 to take the card
Since then, the presidential candidates have increased their meetings with LR activists by encouraging them to mobilize around them.
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