• The outgoing president of the Brittany regional council Loïg Chesnais Girard announced that he was a candidate for his succession on Tuesday.

  • Appointed in 2017 to replace Jean-Yves Le Drian, the socialist is trying to bring together and wants to rely on the pillars of the Breton economy.

  • A strategy far removed from those of the ecologists, who plead for an in-depth overhaul of the agricultural model.

We saw it more and more in the field and in the media. Outgoing president, Loïg Chesnais-Girard on Tuesday formalized his candidacy for regional elections. Alone, standing, facing the press and turning his back to the sea and the Breton drizzle, the current president of the Brittany region had chosen the charming seaside town of Trébeurden, in the Côtes d'Armor, to make public his decision to run for a second term. The one who replaced Jean-Yves Le Drian in 2017 hopes to keep the region in the hands of the Socialists but comes up against his lack of notoriety, he who remains in the shadow of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The name of his list? "Brittany with Loïg".

To afford the chance to continue his lease on rue Martenot, the former mayor of Liffré, near Rennes, decided to play the rally card.

“Agriculture, fishing, agrifood, these are the pillars of our economy.

And a force cannot be abandoned.

Brittany must not turn its back on what it is.

We must be proud of our farmers, of our fishermen.

I will oppose all ideas of withdrawal ”, assures Loïg Chesnais Girard, in response to the regular criticisms addressed to the Breton agrifood model.

"I want both factories and ecology"

The outgoing president knows he is walking a tightrope. A “man of the left”, he will have to bring together voices from all sides to hope to continue his mission at the head of the region. If he will be able to benefit from "the outgoing bonus", he is also condemned to a balancing act between the old and the new world. Because if Brittany knows what it owes to its heavyweights in the food industry, it no longer hesitates to question them, especially in the city, where the green vote has clearly progressed. “We have to reconcile production and ecology. There should be no taboos, nothing hidden. There are pillars that support thousands of people and they all have their place in Brittany. But we must assume that there have been excesses. There are turns to take. I want both factories and ecology, ”he warns.

While some are already announcing an alliance in the second round with EELV candidate Claire Desmares-Poirrier, the outgoing president is wary. “The second round is later. I have a crew of 92 people and I do not intend to leave part of it in stopover on June 20 (evening of the first lap) ”. Before throwing a spade. “Those who say that Brittany is one of the lowest ranked regions in the world from an environmental point of view are wrong. And they insult Brittany ”, sends Loïg Chesnais Girard with reference to the statements of the head of the environmentalist list in

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It will be necessary to wait until Friday to know the first names of the men and women who will constitute the list of the outgoing president.

We already know that Thierry Burlot, former vice-president, will not be there and will defend the colors of La République en Marche, just like Olivier Allain, former FNSEA executive and former deputy vice-president for agriculture.

“Our majority has not exploded.

There was a hit and run from some who escaped here is there.

But the majority is holding on ”, assures Loïg Chesnais Girard.

The ballot promises to be tight in Brittany.

Even if it must be admitted that it does not attract many enthusiasts.

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