Xavier Bertrand, photographed at the Bridgestone plant in Béthune, September 16, 2020. -

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Xavier Bertrand says he is “more determined than ever” in the face of the challenge of the 2022 presidential election, in an interview with Le

Parisien

, this Saturday.

"I know one thing: I am more determined than ever," replied the former Sarkozy minister to a question about his intentions for 2022.

"I am convinced that Emmanuel Macron is not the one who will succeed in reconciling the French, nor the one who will protect the country," he continues.

With him, there is a real risk of victory of extremes.

I am the representative of a social right, popular, able to unite, and which will always refuse the slightest compromise with the extreme right.

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"It is not enough to have been an investment banker to be right-wing"

The president of Hauts-de-France denies in passing the ability of the President of the Republic to embody a right-wing candidacy.

"It is not enough to have been an investment banker to be on the right", asserts Xavier Bertrand, "or to take a Prime Minister from the right ... If Emmanuel Macron was on the right, he would have done security of the French a priority, it would also have effectively fought against illegal immigration.

I am firmly convinced that there is no other way than the return of respect for republican authority ”.

Xavier Bertrand, who left the Les Républicains party in 2017, is a candidate for his re-election at the head of Hauts-de-France in the regional elections of March 2021. In the

Parisian

, he defends his record: "I did work there. priority: just before the crisis, unemployment fell twice as fast as the national average.

On our mandate, the Proch'emploi service alone will have directly enabled the return to activity of nearly 20,000 people.

We have restored purchasing power with direct aid: transport, childcare, holiday vouchers ... by never forgetting those who work! ”

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