Richard Ferrand, president of the National Assembly, warned Monday of the risks of "failure" if the unfortunate candidate for the investiture LREM Cédric Villani finally presented an independent list for the municipal elections in March 2020 in Paris.
"Division is failure"
"Cedric is a mathematician, but he should be good calculator.The division is failure.The rally is the victory," said Richard Ferrand, at the microphone of Europe 1 . The MP for Essonne, winner of the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, "must gather around the candidate Benjamin Griveaux", invested in July by the National Committee of investiture of LREM for Paris, he insisted.
Cédric Villani, who repeatedly denounced a "flawed procedure", raises doubts about a possible independent candidacy and promised to make known its decision in early September. "Cédric Villani was invested by La République en marche, that's how he became a member of Parliament at the time, he did not contest the choice of the CNI," said Richard Ferrand.
Rallying around Benjamin Griveaux
Former Secretary of State for Digital Mounir Mahjoubi, who had joined Cédric Villani in the final straight of the campaign to invest on the march, announced Sunday his commitment to Benjamin Griveaux, in an interview with the Parisian. "When you're part of a family, at some point you have to take responsibility," he said.
Thank you for your words engaged @Mounir!
Your trust is precious to me. I'm proud of it.
Together we have already accomplished so much.
Together, we will make Paris the first city of deliberative democracy around the 240 neighborhoods that you wear.
On the march for the Parisians! https://t.co/SifbK6IX5I
The former government spokesman thanked him in a message posted on Twitter, promising to make "Paris the first city of deliberative democracy around 240 neighborhoods" project carried by Mounir Mahjoubi.