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Valérie Pécresse will assume her presidential campaign debt whatever happens, she has made a personal commitment
", assured
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According to Christian Jacob, the boss of the Republicans, Valérie Pécresse has "
almost
" repaid all of her loan.
"
I think it's closed, it's almost closed, almost closed
", indicated the former minister of Jacques Chirac on RTL radio this Thursday in response to a question from a journalist, adding that the sum five million euros would be "
virtually
" reached by May 31.
After losing in the first round of the presidential election on April 10, with a score of 4.78%, the Republican candidate had been forced to launch an appeal for donations to finance her campaign account.
The elected official had taken out a personal bank loan of 5.1 million euros, but her score below 5% did not allow her to obtain the hoped-for public reimbursements.
This call for donations must end on May 31.