“
It's a non-event for us
”.
Asked about the recent support of the former number 2 of the Republicans, Guillaume Peltier, for Éric Zemmour for the presidential election, Valérie Pécresse judged this Monday on France Info that this rally was not a subject and would not open the door to other departures.
"
It's been months that he had already left us in his head
", explained the candidate LR in the presidential election, assuring that he had made this announcement at the beginning of the year to make "
a coup de com '
( communication, Editor's note) ”.
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Sunday, the deputy for Loir-et-Cher explained that he "did
not trust
" Valérie Pécresse, saying that he had "
no guarantee of his non-rallying to Macron
”. "
I have never seen such an unconvincing pretext
," replied the candidate from the right. “
I explained to him why he was struck off and why we no longer trusted him. (...) He was terribly isolated. He had successively changed horses and no one trusted him anymore
, ”she added. And to add: "
I wish Zemmour good luck because generally, those supported by Peltier do not win the elections
".
"A return to the sources"
Since yesterday, the reactions of Republican executives have been numerous.
“
While he no longer exercised any responsibility in the instances of LR, Guillaume Peltier is back to basics by joining Éric Zemmour.
By this decision, he is in fact excluded from our political family and can no longer claim to be ”
, quickly announced Christian Jacob, the president of the party.
"Guillaume Peltier has
de facto
sidelined our group The Republicans",
also specified Damien Abad, confirming that the deputy of Loir-et-Cher would no longer sit with the LR elected in the Hemicycle but with the unregistered.
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“
I am disappointed with Guillaume Peltier's attitude.
He is committing a serious fault.
Only Valérie Pécresse can beat Emmanuel Macron and bring together all the right-wing voters
, ”said Eric Ciotti, who had received the support of the parliamentarian during the LR Congress.
But this rallying is not a surprise for The Republicans, since Guillaume Peltier had recently underlined that he could not remain “
insensitive
” to the speech delivered by Eric Zemmour during his meeting in Villepinte, in December.
