The between-two-rounds negotiations have already started.
After a month of campaigning, Eric Ciotti (25.59%) and Valérie Pécresse (25%) came out on top of the first round of the Republican Congress, which must nominate the right-wing candidate for the 2022 presidential election. Eliminated, Xavier Bertrand (22.26%), immediately announced his choice.
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The call was immediate.
Just minutes after the results were released, the president of Hauts-de-France, who came fourth, assured him that he would vote for his colleague from Île-de-France.
"
I call for the rally behind her,
" he said on Twitter.
Support from Xavier Bertrand, the boss of LR deputies, Damien Abad, also opted for Valérie Pécresse, believing that despite the "
dynamism
" of Eric Ciotti, the former minister was a "
woman who has the qualities, the energy and the vitality necessary to wear the colors of our political family
”next spring.