The deputy of the Rhône, Bruno Bonnell.

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NICOLAS MESSYASZ / SIPA

Bruno Bonnell, deputy for the constituency of Villeurbanne, near Lyon, will be the head of the LREM list in the regional elections in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, he announced on Friday evening.

“I will be the leader not only of La République en Marche, but also of the progressive forces,” he declared at the microphone of France 3. “The leader of a bloc that wants to demonstrate that there is has an alternative for this Region.

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Other names of LREM parliamentarians had circulated in recent weeks, in particular women: the deputy of Ain Olga Givernet and her college of Drôme Célia de Lavergne.

“I do not know what tipped the balance but I know that they will be part of the close campaign team, and we will announce in due course the head of the departmental list.

But what is important is the collective, ”commented Bruno Bonnell.

Vallaud-Belkacem not yet decided

He was elected in the 2017 legislative elections, largely defeating the socialist Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, who has still not officially said whether or not she would be a candidate for the regional elections scheduled for June.

"It's a hypothesis, clearly, it's a hypothesis", she declared mid-January on franceinfo, adding that the time would come "to declare oneself or not to declare oneself, to confirm or not to to confirm ".

The outgoing president of the Region, Laurent Wauquiez (LR), given the winner by a survey in the fall, has still nothing formalized either.

The National Rally should choose between the former LFI André Kotarac and the Isérois Alexis Jolly.

Environmentalists have invested the Haute-Savoie Fabienne Grébert.

Elections

Laurent Wauquiez largely won the regional according to a first survey

Politics

Postponement of regional and departmental elections ratified by the Council of Ministers

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  • LREM

  • Regional elections

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