The debates between the five candidates for the nomination of the Republicans for the presidential election, the first of which is scheduled for Monday evening, will help to "bring together" the party, estimated Sunday the President LR of the Senate Gérard Larcher.
"I bet that this will help us to come together even better
", he declared on Europe1 / CNews / Les Echos, assuring that this political family
"is not so torn apart as that".
Four televised debates are scheduled between the five candidates - Xavier Bertrand, Valérie Pécresse, Michel Barnier, Eric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin - before the December 4 congress during which activists will nominate the right-wing candidate for the April 2022 presidential election. They will take place on November 8 on LCI, RTL and Le Figaro, on November 14 on BFMTV and RMC, on November 21 on Cnews and Europe 1, and on November 30.
"The Republican family is coming together, coming together, and I have more confidence in the quality of the debates that we are going to have,"
added Gérard Larcher.
"Democratic alternative"
Asked whether this might not on the contrary worsen the divisions within the classical right, the president of the upper house highlighted the
“richness of our political formation”
, which includes sovereignists as well as centrists. The debates meet the expectations of the French
"who have had enough of monolithism, verticality"
, he added, in allusion to the exercise of power by President Emmanuel Macron.
Larcher refused to vote for either candidate, but said he was convinced he would find himself in the second round against Emmanuel Macron.
"I am deeply convinced that the French want a democratic alternative and that it will occur between the outgoing president and the candidate that we will have chosen on December 4,
" he declared.
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