1.4 million euros.
This is the amount collected so far by Valérie Pécresse since the call for donations launched a week ago to enable her to meet her loans.
After having collected 4.78% of the votes in the 1st round, the right-wing candidate found herself unable to obtain public reimbursements, granted from 5% of the vote.
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Christian Jacob, president of the Republicans, had signed a letter Thursday, inviting the members of the movement to make a gesture in favor of Valérie Pécresse.
According to LR calculations, if each voter in the 1st round who chose a Pécresse ballot agrees to donate 3 euros on average, the candidate will have the means to cope.
They were 1,679,001 million to have chosen it on April 10.
"There is a strong surge of support, but the account is not there yet", confided the entourage of Valérie Pécresse Monday morning.
Several figures of the LR party are trying to mobilize donors by launching appeals on social networks, such as Senator Bruno Retailleau (#donnonspourlademocratie) or the mayor of Cannes David Lisnard.
The collection of donations should continue until May 15 with one objective: to collect 7 million euros.