Laurent Wauquiez is today "indisputably" the "natural candidate" of the Republicans for 2027, judged Sunday, May 14, the boss of the deputies LR Olivier Marleix, dismissing the idea of primaries upstream of the presidential election. "For me Laurent today is undoubtedly our natural candidate" for the next presidential election, said Olivier Marleix at the microphone of Radio J.
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He was the president of our party extremely well elected at the time, "argued Mr. Marleix, a few days after the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region came out of his media reserve, while some in his own party accuse him of having been too discreet on the subject of pension reform.
"In 2027 a political page will be turned"
In a long interview with Le Point, the putative candidate defended himself for having "walked away", arguing that he had said that "we should not oppose this reform". "As long as macronism is there, it is very difficult for the right to rebuild itself," but "in 2027 a political page will turn" because "macronism will not succeed Macron," also said this week Laurent Wauquiez, who met other media including AFP.
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Whether it is Laurent Wauquiez or another, Olivier Marleix dismisses the idea of a primary to designate the next candidate of the right: "I am radically against. It's a trap that leads to systematic division."
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Look at the last time, we took a reduced format, not open primaries but closed designation. Result: Valérie Pécresse was appointed five months before the presidential election. How do you want to meet the French people only five months before the election?" The president of the Île-de-France region was eliminated in the first round, winning only 4.78% of the vote. As for the calendar, the boss of the deputies gave his preference to a designation "after the Europeans" perhaps "at the beginning of September" 2024.
