Presidential 2022 in France: Xavier Bertrand wants to establish himself as the only candidate of the right
Xavier Bertrand had made his re-election to the region the condition of a presidential candidacy.
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It is this Friday July 2 that Xavier Bertrand will be officially re-elected president of Hauts-de-France for a second term.
But behind the scenes, the one who had made his re-election to the region the condition of a presidential candidacy is active, with one objective: to establish himself as the only candidate of the right in 2022.
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Just this week: a discreet meeting with deputies near the Assembly, dozens of phone calls, an interview with the boss of senators Bruno Retailleau, and this summer a tour of France.
Xavier Bertrand accelerates.
While the LR party, which he left 4 years ago, is torn apart over the organization of a primary, the former minister of Nicolas Sarkozy is increasing contacts with an idea behind his head: to convince right-wing figures to rally behind him.
A match already played?
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Xavier Bertrand understood that he needed the party
", deciphers a member of the management.
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Without the party it will have no money, no troops and it will be difficult to find the 500 signatures of local elected officials
", adds the entourage of a possible candidate.
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We are ahead in the polls so we continue our way,
" replied pro-Bertrand deputy Julien Dive.
A fine connoisseur of the right notes on the contrary that despite his triumphant re-election, Xavier Bertrand has neither killed the match against Laurent Wauquiez and Valérie Pécresse, nor recorded the slightest rallying of size.
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