Three years separate us from the next presidential election.
And yet, some are already thinking about it.
Either to conquer the Élysée, or to observe, with a view, the contenders advance their pawns and the other leaders try to pull the strings.
Member of the second category, the leader of LR deputies Olivier Marleix fears the arrival of Marine Le Pen in power in 2027. A careful conquest which would be facilitated by the progressive weakening of the right, symbol of a final roadblock.
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In an interview with the political magazine L'hémicycle published this Friday, the deputy for Eure-et-Loir attacked Emmanuel Macron's poaching strategy.
As evidenced by the recent appointment of Rachida Dati, former president of the National Council of Republicans, Rue de Valois.
Olivier Marleix then mocked
“the little personal adventures”
.
“What the President is trying to do is kill the Republicans
,” he scoffed.
A “deadly game for the country”
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And to continue his reasoning: without the right-wing party, the RN's path to 2027 is paved with roses.
“The President of the Republic is playing with fire,”
said parliamentarian LR
.
He decided to leave the keys to the Élysée to Madame Le Pen.”
Way to denounce the
“deadly game”
that Emmanuel Macron would play.
According to him, Marine Le Pen's electoral push will be all the stronger in the coming months as the head of state, whose
"force of attraction will weaken very quickly"
and who will not be able to run again, will seek to
“muddy the waters so as not to have a dolphin who is too troublesome in capturing the inheritance.”
Like the president of his team, Éric Ciotti, he recalls, in view of the next deadline, his
“strong friendship for Laurent Wauquiez, who is (his) favorite.”
What about in this fragmented political landscape the role of Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been advocating since spring 2022 for a formal alliance between the government and the Republicans?
For Alain Marleix's son, the former president
"has not always given (them) gifts in recent months."
“
It also leads (them) to take our responsibilities.”
“We have learned to live without Nicolas Sarkozy,”
he continued.
While the former head of the Élysée continues his political meetings, including with LR deputies, Olivier Marleix thinks that the right has reached
“the age of majority.”