It's a pretty funny situation for Valérie Pécresse.
While her campaign has been slipping for a few weeks, the right-wing candidate could suffer a new affront... from her own troops.
Guest of the I24 television channel on Sunday, Michèle Alliot-Marie did not want to say who she would vote for next April, when she appeared again a few days ago alongside the leader of the Republicans.
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To the question “
Do you support Valérie Pécresse
”, the former Minister of the Interior kicked in touch: “
The question is not there, I am speaking to everyone.
I address everyone, I will vote because I am a French citizen.
Like everyone else, I have the right to remain silent on what I will vote for.
“A reply which is surprising when the Chiraquienne was present during the famous “strategic defense council” organized last week by Valérie Pécresse, in response to the Ukrainian crisis.
The “strategic defense council” of Valérie Pécresse.
The former boss of the RPR – a right-wing party between 1976 and 2002 – claims it: “
I will vote in accordance with my convictions and in accordance with my loyalties.
“Without directly naming this or that person, “MAM” would like that during the campaign “
we talk about the real issues, that we stop seeing the end of our nose, and that we try to see further.
»
In the same interview, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs indicates
"to take a step back from everything that is electoral politics."
And asks his political family "
to stop focusing on immediate problems, on reactions that are a little bit cookie-cutter
".
According to her, “
the election campaign is focused on small issues concerning small sections of people and it is not up to the challenge.
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