LR Presidency: TV debates before the election? Aurélien Pradié and Éric Ciotti are for

Will there be debates between the candidates for the presidency of LR?

The general secretary of the party Aurélien Pradié made public this Tuesday morning the invitations of television channels.

He specifies that he has accepted them and asks “Éric” (Ciotti) and “Bruno” (Retailleau) to do the same.

“Fleeing the debate is always a weakness,” he wrote in this invitation in the form of a political attack.

Just over an hour later, Éric Ciotti reacted by indicating that he had already replied to BFMTV, CNews and LCI that he would participate "with enthusiasm in all the debates organized".

Eyes are therefore now turning to Senator Bruno Retailleau, of whom he has been saying for several days, in the corridors, that he does not see this prospect with a good eye.

“Bruno Retailleau is not afraid of debate, he is an excellent speaker”, reacts his campaign manager, Othman Nasrou.

“If there are debates, we will take part in them”, adds one in the Retailleau camp where one asks however certain conditions like that to approach the questions of organization of the party.

“This is one of the major subjects that interest our activists.

We are not going to spend an hour on immigration or on Ukraine”, sighs a lieutenant of Bruno Retailleau who is not fooled by the “coup” of Aurélien Pradié.

"We must not race the shallot to the one who will accept the most debates"

“He is right to ask this because he has a notoriety problem.

Activists in Charente-Maritime don't know what it looks like," continues the same, ironically: "It's funny to see that those who were opposed to the primary, because they were afraid that it would be an opportunity to expose our divisions, are those who want a debate.

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We recognize in the Retailleau team to have had a reflection on the usefulness of a debate on general public channels when the election will only be open to members and that it only aims to elect a party president. .

The senator's entourage would also like the party to organize an event, close to the "big O", which would be broadcast on social networks.

“We are not going to do five debates and two orals.

We must not race the shallot to the one who will accept the most debates.

The candidates could discuss it among themselves, there was no need to tweet about it, ”annoys a senior member of the Retailleau team.