Sèvres (France) (AFP)

Senate President Gérard Larcher, who aims to rebuild the right and center after the defeat of Europeans, presented the summary of four months of consultations in the regions Thursday in Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine), where he called " rebuild the paths of trust ".

"We can not bring ourselves to see our democracy reduced to a binary choice, like the European ballot, between The Republic on the Move and the National Gathering," said Larcher, refusing to see "the evening of the second round of voting. presidential two faces that we have already seen in 2017, with one day, beware, the risk of inversion of the score ".

"The number one question is confidence," he added, while a poll released on Thursday revealed that 77 percent of French people are tempted by "electoral protest" (abstention, white vote or "populist" vote).

Since the debacle of LR to Europeans (8.5% of votes), Mr. Larcher has committed thoroughly in the refoundation of a political alternative bringing together "from the center to Gaullists, liberals, Christian Democrats, right "but" in an open mind "and" without competition with our political formations that must rebuild, "he said.

"Yes, there may be an alternative to Emmanuel Macron who is not Marine Le Pen.It is up to us to build it by gathering together," said the president of the Ile-de-France region Valerie Pécresse, who left LR.

This meeting was held three days before the election of the future president of LR, to which Christian Jacob, Guillaume Larrivé and Julien Aubert are candidates. None was present Thursday.

"Alas, we have perhaps played a little too much to the sorcerer's apprentices in recent years, let's have the courage to make additions, the ones we've missed," said Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi.

Examples of this "addition", the president of the region PACA Renaud Muselier and that of the Normandy region Hervé Morin were also present.

Since June, eleven regional conventions have been organized - reindustrialisation in the Hauts-de-France, rurality in Normandy ... - a summary of 42 pages was presented Thursday.

By mid-November, a "platform" of proposals will be drafted in which municipal candidates will be able to draw.

The chairman of the LR group in the Senate Bruno Retailleau, that of the Assembly of French Departments Dominique Bussereau and that of the Association of Mayors of France François Baroin, were also present.

© 2019 AFP