The LR mayor of Le Touquet, Daniel Fasquelle, spoke Saturday on Europe 1 on the possibility of organizing a primary on the right in order to designate the LR candidate for 2022. According to him, the party will not be able to save a such procedure if it does not reach a consensus on a candidate.

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What will the Republicans do for the 2022 presidential election?

Of course, they will present a candidate.

The problem is that there could be several.

Because after the failure of François Fillon in 2017, some in the party are traumatized by the primary, according to them the source of the defeat.

Asked about Europe 1 on Saturday, the LR mayor of Le Touquet, Daniel Fasquelle, is more measured on the issue.

According to him, the right will not be able to do without a "tie-breaking procedure" if no head emerges clearly.

"If we find the right one, no need for a primary"

"If we are not able to reach a consensus by September-October, we will have to find a way of deciding. If we find this good candidate, no need for a primary. We do not lose hope of finding a consensus but if it does not arrive, it will be necessary to find ", summarizes Daniel Fasquelle.

"It does not matter" what exactly we call this procedure, "in the end you will have to decide between the potential candidates, choose the best for 2022".

This is the only way for the city council to protect themselves from defeat.

"Hope is reborn on the right to win the presidential election. We should not spoil this hope, because it is expected by a large part of the population, and because we think that it is obviously necessary and useful for the country . "

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To make the right decision, The Republicans decided to commission "an opinion poll", continues Daniel Fasquelle, "which will allow us to measure expectations in relation to the right" and, of course, to test the popularity of one (e ) s and others.

"We will have the results of this study at the end of September, [along with] a congress. The activists will then have to choose either a candidate or a tie-breaker procedure."

And the campaign will then start from November 2021.

"We must no longer be the dumbest right in the world"

Who, then, could don the costume of the savior of the right? "Today, Xavier Bertrand stands out in the polls," recognizes Daniel Fasquelle. "But others have yet to say they will be candidates and will come forward over the summer." In addition, Xavier Bertrand, who left LR, was very clear: he will rub shoulders with universal suffrage, with or without his former political family.

Could this be a problem? The mayor of Le Touquet is optimistic. "We need to discuss this summer. The dialogue is already underway, we cannot afford to have two candidates. Xavier Bertrand needs the right to win. [And on our side], we know very well that 'we will not be able to win if Xavier Bertrand is a candidate until the end of the process. " In other words: "we must no longer be the dumbest right in the world."