REPORTAGE
"I refuse the ambient disaster," said Saturday Gerard Larcher at summer universities Republicans. The Senate Speaker has a job. Because it will be difficult to overshadow that the right has made its 2019 political return in a scattered order. With the menu, absentees, divisions and departures. To the point that activists no longer hide their bitterness.
This disintegrating right makes the aging troops dizzy. "I'm a real Gaullist, I've been suckling at the Gaullist's milk.When I see my party disintegrating, I'm desperate.You can die, because I do not see the coming happen," slips to Europe 1 an activist. These troops dream of a De Gaulle of modern times and are entitled only to a war of the egos. "Seeing that, it makes me almost cry, it's ugly, what, to see himself shoot in the legs.If we do not meet, we will not rebuild.One will disappear," slides Michel, fatalist.
"We want a clean party, that is, people who respect us"
The rally, a wish widely shared in La Baule. But not with everyone. "We, the militants, are fed up, Christian Jacob wants to bring back Pécresse, he wants to bring back Bertrand, which is not necessary," says Lionel, who threatens: "We, the militants, we will leave. Many people will leave, we do not want that anymore, we want a clean party, that is, people who respect us. "
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For those who doubt that the Republicans will be rebuilt, Volunteer Colette offers modest but encouraging figures. "In the morning, I made five memberships, people, yes, come back, and it's really great," she says. "We just have to find a charismatic leader like Sarko and we'll be doing it again soon," says Alain. For now, this providential man is waiting.