It was an important meeting, which was to be a turning point in his campaign.
Sunday February 13, Valérie Pécresse held her first major meeting at the Zenith in Paris.
In the aftermath of this event, which brought together more than 7,500 people, his campaign team defended the “
truth
” speech of the candidate Les Républicains.
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“
There was a real fervor, the room was full
”, welcomed Bruno Retailleau on Public Sénat.
On the form, the president of the LR group in the Senate recognized that the exercise of the meeting was not “
the form in which it is the most comfortable
”.
Before continuing: “
Have you ever heard a speech by Angela Merkel?
It's boring to death and yet she was a great chancellor.
(...) What I ask of a President of the Republic is to govern.
Let the words stick to the actions.
»
Same defense on the side of Valérie Boyer, member of the response cell of the candidate LR, who, questioned on the oratorical performance of Valérie Pécresse, replied: “
If you allow me, I think that we have to stop with that.
A meeting, she continued, “
is not reality TV, it is not a show.
We are here to decide the destiny of the French
”.
"The promise has been kept"
Éric Ciotti, one of Valérie Pécresse's "
four musketeers
" and unfortunate finalist at the LR primary congress, finally argued on RMC / BFMTV that "
the promise has been kept
".
“
Valérie Pécresse gave a great speech on this new France that she designed.
“Before brushing aside the question of form: “
We are in the image, in the communication, it was theorized by Emmanuel Macron.
We do not live on communication, words and observations.
The French want us to take action.
»
Commenting also on the lack of explicit support from Nicolas Sarkozy for Valérie Pécresse, the LR deputy said he was
“convinced
” that the former head of state “
will be faithful to a family that he created himself.
The Republicans, it's him.
The UMP, he took an essential part.
(…) I think his voice will be there when the time comes.
For his part, Bruno Retailleau declared that he had "
no doubt
" about the "
support of Nicolas Sarkozy for the candidate of his own political family
".
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