Aurélien Pradié, deputy for Lot announced that he will lead the LR list to regional ones in Occitanie, Vincent Terrail-Novés has also announced his candidacy for -

NICOLAS MESSYASZ SIPA / Nouvel Élan Occitan

  • The candidatures follow one another in Occitania to take the place of the outgoing socialist, Carole Delga, next June.

  • On the right, Aurélien Pradié announced on Sunday that he would lead the Les Républicains list.

  • While Vincent Terrail-Novés (center right) takes the head of an independent list.

In 2015, during the previous regional elections in Occitanie, they were both departmental leaders of the Les Républicains list led by Dominique Reynié: one in the Lot, the other in Haute-Garonne.

This year, it will be opponents that Aurélien Pradié and Vincent Terrail-Novés will take the starting line to try to conquer the place of Carole Delga at the head of the Occitanie region.

Sunday, the deputy of Lot, also secretary general of Christian Jacob's party, announced that he would lead the LR list during the next June deadlines, cutting the rug under Vincent Terrail-Novés' feet.

The son of the former Toulouse Stadium manager had indeed planned for several days to formalize his candidacy on Monday.

Reelected mayor of Balma in the first round a year ago, this 42-year-old physiotherapist has decided to launch into the battle through an “independent” candidacy.

"I am beyond political parties, far from divisions and dogmatic positions," assures the one who left Les Républicains in 2017, in which he "no longer found himself".

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In a position that closely resembles that of Emmanuel Macron, he recognizes that he could be joined by La République en Marche soon.

"But it is not because I will be supported that I will not have my independence", assures the one who wants to gather in the center.

He should present his head of the departmental list at the beginning of April, taking from him that of Haute-Garonne.

It is also in this department that Aurélien Pradié decided to leave, to face Carole Delga on his land.

Like Vincent Terrail-Novés, the deputy for Lot knows that the road will be difficult.

The outgoing socialist president is given victorious in all polls, including the last one carried out by Ifop for LR.

As in 2015, its main challenger remains for the moment the candidate of the National Rally, the MEP Jean-Paul Garraud, who was, in his time, also a member of the Republicans.

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