Lyon (AFP)

Laurent Wauquiez, who won a second term at the head of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on Sunday, said on Monday that he was "not in a speed race", after the call of his counterpart in Hauts- de-France, Xavier Bertrand, also re-elected, to "form a great team" for 2022.

"Obviously what we do in our Region is linked to what is happening at the national level. (...) But for me, it is very important that there is consistency. (...) morning, I am there as president of the region on the ground and I do not want these kinds of speed races where barely elected, we move on to something else ", declared the former president of the Republicans in front of the press during a visit to a rail safety monitoring center at Part-Dieu station.

"I think that there is no future for politics neither at the local level, nor at the national level, if we fall into a kind of race of little wooden horses where we have barely jumped a hedge, we move on to another ", he insisted, setting himself first" the imperative to honor "his commitments.

"People need to feel that we are at work, that we are respecting the commitments we have made," added Mr. Wauquiez, who was re-elected on Sunday with a score of 55.17% against the list. union of environmental candidate Fabienne Grébert (33.65%).

Monday morning, Xavier Bertrand, on his way to the presidential election after being easily re-elected with a score of 52.37%, called on Mr. Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse, also re-elected in Ile-de-France, to form "a great team" for 2022.

Best hope of the right in 2022 according to the polls, despite his departure from LR in 2017, Xavier Bertrand announced in March his desire to be "the third man" in the presidential election, on condition of winning a second regional term.

For her part, Valérie Pécresse (Libres !, ex-LR) will say after the summer if she is a presidential candidate, she announced on Monday, calling on the right and the center to be defined collectively by the start of the school year " the rules of the game "allowing the designation of a common candidate.

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