Rachida Dati, Mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, candidate for the municipal election of Paris in his office -

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Asked by the British daily

The Times

, published this Monday, on its plans for the next two years, the former Sarkozy minister Rachida Dati announced that she wanted to "win the presidential election of 2022".

“When you do politics and win electoral battles and make sure that your cause advances, that you defend your values ​​and a community of destinies, necessarily there comes a time when you say to yourself, especially when you see the state of the country, this battle, maybe I could lead it, ”added the former LR candidate for mayor of Paris.

Xavier Bertrand, a strong competitor

Already in July, Rachida Dati had estimated that he had “a role to play” for the presidential election.

"It will be up to my political family to choose a candidate for 2022" but "I will participate in this major commitment", she then said to the

Parisian

, saying she was convinced "that there is no man or providential woman ”.

In early September, however, she assured that former Minister Xavier Bertrand, who has been actively positioning himself for 2022 since the summer, was "the most hungry" on the right.

"I want, but I want it to be the best" and "I don't know if I can be the best", then added Rachida Dati on BFMTV, placing herself "in a collective dynamic".

The Republicans, anticipating a possible defection of François Baroin for the presidential election, returned the choice of their candidate to April 2021.

The specter of the Carlos Ghosn affair

The former Minister of Justice returned to the limelight after a combative campaign for the mayor of Paris which placed her in second position (34% of the vote in the second round) behind Anne Hidalgo (49%), even though few bet on his chances at the start.

In addition, as part of the investigation into Carlos Ghosn, a judicial investigation was opened by the courts on facts of "abuse of corporate assets" and "passive corruption" around consulting contracts entered into by the Renault alliance. -Nissan with Rachida Dati and criminologist Alain Bauer - whom the former MEP has regularly denounced as a "maneuver" and "instrumentalisation".

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