Who to replace Benjamin Griveaux? One month before the municipal elections, the presidential party finds itself without a candidate in the capital, due to the abandonment of the former government spokesman after the broadcasting of an intimate video, whose authenticity did not could be proven. The name of his replacement should be known by Monday, and perhaps even in the evening of Saturday, at the end of the LREM Executive Bureau at 5 p.m.
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"The walkers are determined and are determined to carry a change project for Paris," said Stanislas Guerini, General Delegate of LREM, at the headquarters of the presidential party on Saturday, where several meetings have been held since Friday. "This is what we will continue to work on today to be able to bring the best solutions to embody this project"
Mahjoubi said he was "available"
"I heard those who asked me to be a candidate, I told them that I will be available if we collectively choose to do so. If we think collectively about me, then we will go, we advance and we will win. And if we think that there are other possible choices, well, we will go! " affirmed at the microphone of Europe 1 the deputy of Paris Mounir Mahjoubi, Saturday. "The future head of the list must bring together, and be able to, from the Modem to the UDI via the Radicals and LREM, to recreate a dynamic," he continued.
Sylvain Maillard "reaches out" to Cédric Villani
At the microphone of Europe 1, LREM deputy for the 1st district of Paris, Sylvain Maillard, did not close the door on the Cédric Villani option. The mathematician, who became deputy for Essonne in 2017, was nevertheless excluded from LREM at the end of January because of his dissident candidacy in ... Paris. A turnaround that Sylvain Maillard has been wanting "for several months". "For months with others, I have been reaching out to Cédric Villani to join us," he said at the microphone of Europe 1.
The principal concerned has not communicated his intentions for the moment. He had Friday addressed his support to Benjamin Griveaux, denouncing "a serious threat to our democracy".
Senator Julien Bargeton volunteered
LREM group spokesman in the Senate, Julien Bargeton, told journalists his intentions to stand for nomination, reports AFP on Saturday. "There will be the candidacy of Mounir Mahjoubi, undoubtedly that of (his counterpart in the Assembly, note ) Sylvain Maillard, mine," he explained. Sylvain Maillard, guest of Europe 1 on Saturday, did not mention a candidate.
A candidate minister?
Secretary of State Marlène Schiappa declined the offer, while Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn seemed to find consensus, but in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic, the option seemed delicate. Jean-Michel Blanquer, Minister of National Education, is also cited among those who could lead the fight against Anne Hidalgo and Rachida Dati, according to Le Monde.
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Whatever the candidate selected, he will have to make a flash campaign. There are only 29 days left before the first round of the municipal elections, and despite this tight calendar, the walkers still display their desire to win the capital. "The idea is not to make a candidacy for testimony," warns a manager of La République en Marche.