It took 250. Xavier Bertrand would have gathered 500. This Wednesday, October 27, at 3:30 pm, the relatives of the president of Hauts-de-France should submit the sponsorships of elected officials that the candidate for the presidential election obtained for the Congress of Republicans, which will take place on December 4, RTL announces.
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Anyone who refused to participate in any Republican primary and who finally announced, on October 11, that he would be part of the process of nominating the party's candidate, could therefore be on the starting line.
He would have collected these signatures from elected LR officials, but also from UDI centrists and mayors not included.
In addition, Xavier Bertrand would have succeeded in obtaining sponsorships in about sixty departments, while it was necessary to have in at least 30 different.
Valérie Pécresse also submitted her sponsorships
Less than ten days before the mandatory submission of signed supports, Valérie Pécresse was the first to submit her sponsorships.
The president of the Île-de-France region was indeed able to rely on a large base of local elected officials, who granted her their signature.
Michel Barnier should also obtain them without difficulty.
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Eric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin, and Denis Payre, the other three candidates, also remain confident about their chances of obtaining the precious support.
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Every minute counts, it's a long-distance race but the 250 sponsorships that he will submit will all come from mayors with whom he will have exchanged personally
", promises for example the entourage of Philippe Juvin, the mayor of La Garenne-Colombes and doctor who was forced to take leave to collect these signatures.