After eighteen years of mandate as MEP, will Brice Hortefeux return to Brussels?
Invited this Sunday March 24 on Radio J, the former Minister of the Interior returned to the questions hovering over his presence, in the European elections next June, on the Republican (LR) list.
“To be on a list, which is the worst of elections, you need three conditions: to want it, your political family must encourage you and the voters must approve it
,” recalled Brice Hortefeux before to kick in:
“We are still at the first point, and it is a subject that I will discuss with Éric Ciotti”
.
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If Sarkozyst's activity in the media in recent weeks seems to confirm his desire to renew his Brussels lease, internal competition is tough.
For the moment, the list led by François Xavier Bellamy is only credited with 7% of voting intentions.
A score allowing only seven or eight parliamentarians to be sent to Brussels.
The formation of Éric Ciotti having already announced the presence of Céline Imart in number two and General Christophe Gomart in third position, behind the scenes, the negotiations are difficult.
The “chabadabada”
list format
, that is to say, with a man and a woman alternating, leaves – theoretically – two eligible places for men.
On the starting line, in addition to Brice Hortefeux, the outgoing MEP, Geoffroy Didier, the advisor to the President of the Senate, Patrick Dray and the president of the Young Republicans, Guilhem Carayon are battling.
For now, the former Minister of Immigration would be far from being a favorite and unless we bet on a strong performance from the LR list, he should not be re-elected.
The doubt hanging over his political future did not prevent Brice Hortefeux from taking a heavy charge at France Insoumise (LFI).
Asked about the presence of pro-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan on the LFI list, the MEP spoke of the
“signal of an electoral calculation”
hoping for
“the mobilization of the Muslim community”.