A "stinky ball" which did not prevent her from taking advantage of the meeting of "her" candidate on Sunday.
This weekend, the senator (LR) of Essonne Laure Darcos discovered in the press that she would have been approached by the teams of Emmanuel Macron.
“I read in a paper from Parisian published Friday evening that my name was among those that the teams of the President of the Republic cited as likely to rally, confides the parliamentarian, also president of the federation of Republicans in Essonne.
I categorically deny.
If I had been, I would obviously have refused.
It is only a strategy of destabilization.
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Unlike Natacha Bouchart, the mayor (LR) of Calais or even Éric Woerth, Laure Darcos assures that she will not be one of those right-wing figures who join the Macronists.
"It affected me to imagine that I could betray like this," continues Laure Darcos.
It is very bad to know me and not to grasp, beyond my loyalty to Valérie Pécresse, my loyalty to my political family.
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In 2019, she almost left her.
When Valérie Pécresse had left the Republicans to found her party Libre!, Laure Darcos had finally remained within her party, unlike Robin Reda, deputy for the 7th district of Essonne.
After a night of reflection, she reconsidered her announcement and finally decided not to leave, believing that she “could not leave now”.
“This shows the feverishness of the Elysée”
What create a breach between her and Valérie Pécresse?
In the eyes of some LREM, yes.
“Especially since Laure Darcos is so close to Louis Leroy”, we recall in the Essonne macronist camp.
Opposition municipal councilor in Orsay, Louis Leroy is the former parliamentary attaché of Laure Darcos, a position he left since his candidacy for the legislative elections of 2022. He is also the president of Agir, the constructive right in Essonne, a party close to the presidential majority and he had obtained the support of LREM for the municipal elections of 2020.
“It may have played, recognizes Laure Darcos.
My name does not come out by chance in any case.
Some reassured me by saying to me:
it shows that you weigh
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This shows above all the feverishness of the Élysée.
Emmanuel Macron and his teams want anything but to find themselves in the second round against Valérie Pécresse.
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At the time of the ministerial reshuffle of October 2018, the name of Laure Darcos had circulated for the Ministry of Culture.
“Nobody ever called me, I think it was just related to my skills in the field”.
Skills that Valérie Pécresse knows how to highlight.
As La letter A, "the daily life of influence and power", indicates in an article published on Monday, Laure Darcos is one of the ten parliamentarians who meet every Wednesday evening at the candidate's campaign headquarters. LR for its diplomacy program.
"I also and above all work in the culture group for the development of its programme", confirms Laure Darcos.