Alexandre Chauveau 7:01 am, November 09, 2021, modified at 7:06 am, November 09, 2021
Monday evening took place the first internal debate in the Republicans.
Immigration, security, ecology: Valérie Pécresse, Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, Eric Ciotti and Philippe Juvin we exposed their points of view and took care not to appear divided as in 2016. No candidate really stood out.
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It was an important first step in the process which will appoint who will represent the right in the presidential election.
Candidates for the LR congress debated for the first time yesterday on LCI.
For more than three hours, the protagonists discussed purchasing power, immigration, security and international relations.
Everyone was able to highlight their program and the exchanges, unlike in 2016, were rather courteous.
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Many shared findings
The five LR candidates share many observations, in particular on the reduction of the debt, the reduction or even the end of immigration, or even nuclear energy.
On some subjects, however, the methods differ.
Valérie Pécresse, for example, wants to cut 200,000 civil servant positions in the administration, while Michel Barnier is more reluctant.
The real disagreement took place on the proposal of the former European commissioner to establish a moratorium on immigration.
Neither Xavier Bertrand nor Valérie Pécresse approved it, highlighting the difficulty of its application.
Xavier Bertrand and Valérie Pécresse: two regional presidents who showed themselves quite united last night, facing a Michel Barnier sometimes irritated by the remarks of his competitors.
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Ciotti on the right all
The candidates were also questioned on the notion of "great replacement" popularized by the far-right writer Renaud Camus and taken up on his own by Eric Zemmour, or on the position to adopt vis-à-vis the editorialist, a putative candidate for the presidential election: two subjects that saw Eric Ciotti clearly stand out from his opponents, with a more marked line to the right.
The leaders of the Republicans will undoubtedly welcome the good behavior of the exchanges, where some would have liked a more animated confrontation.