A family photo that says a lot, according to Ségolène Royal.
When the results of the second round of the LR congress were announced, at the end of which Valérie Pécresse won against Éric Ciotti, all the former candidates - Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, Éric Ciotti and Philippe Juvin - but also the president Republicans, Christian Jacob, that of the Senate, Gérard Larcher, that of the LR group in the National Assembly, Damien Abad, and the Secretary General of the Republicans, Aurélien Pradié, found themselves behind the candidate for the presidential election for the applaud and show their support.
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An image that
“touched”
the former socialist candidate in the presidential election, reports
Le Parisien
.
“It is clear that the politicians around Valérie Pécresse were very correct, present. What I never had: the socialist tenors at the time all shunned, except a few. We were before #MeToo and a former prime minister could call me a dead end
(a reference to the anti-Royal book,
L'Impasse
(Flammarion), written by Lionel Jospin in 2007, Editor's note) ”, recalls the one who arrived, in 2006, to qualify for the second round of the election. A contrast that
"moved" her
.
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"The men of my party were not ready"
“The men in my party weren't ready. Much more shaken than those of LR today to see a woman walk past them, ”
recalls the former president of the Poitou-Charentes Regional Council.
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Recalling the attacks of which she had been the target at the time (
"Bécassine"; "Who will look after the children?"
), The former Minister of the Environment judges that if the same remarks were made today
"in subject of Pécresse ”,
the authors would immediately be
“ sanctioned, released from the countryside ”.
Welcoming
Valérie Pécresse's
“flawless”
course
during this internal campaign - while specifying that she does not support the right - Ségolène Royal adds a last remark in reference to François Hollande, very discreet during his campaign in 2006:
"Pécresse, she has a husband who supports her, it is a considerable asset."
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