The president of the Brittany region Loïg Chesnais-Girard, here at the Space agricultural show, on September 10, 2019, in Rennes.

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C. Allain / 20 Minutes

He assumes he is "on the left" and "still believes in the differences between the right and the left".

Six months from the regional, scheduled for June, the president of the Brittany region Loïg Chesnais-Girard made a point of clarifying his intentions this Wednesday in the columns of

Figaro

while a doubt hangs over the candidacy of Jean-Yves Le Drian.

“If the question is whether I will be the presidential majority candidate, the answer is no.

If the question is to know if the Walkers who are already at my side and who define themselves as social democrats are intended to stay with me, they know that it is yes ”, declared the successor of Jean-Yves Le Drian at the head of the Brittany region in 2017.

“I am on the left, a social democratic socialist who wants France to gain in power with Europe and in agility with the territories.

The left still has things to say, to do.

It's always welcome to tell voters what we are, ”added Loïg Chesnais-Girard.

An LREM group was created within the regional assembly

An LREM group, "La Bretagne en Marche", made up of nine members including Richard Ferrand, President of the National Assembly and close to Emmanuel Macron, had been created last February within the Breton regional assembly, creating a mini political earthquake.

“Our group will be made up of regional advisers and regional advisers who are fully in your majority and certainly in that of the President of the Republic (…).

In this way, we are preparing "Brittany with Loïg Chesnais-Girard"!

», Then declared Richard Ferrand.

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, who retains the chair of regional advisor, has remained a member of the Social Democrats group.

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