Primary LR: Valérie Pécresse throws her last strength into the battle
Valérie Pécresse during the debate between the candidates for the nomination of the Republicans on November 21, 2021. AFP - JULIEN DE ROSA
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In exactly seven days, activists from the Les Républicains party will start voting to decide between Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, Eric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin and Valérie Pécresse.
So everyone is working hard.
Like the president of Ile-de-France, Valérie Pécresse, who was in a public meeting Tuesday evening near Bordeaux.
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With our special
correspondent in Bordeaux,
Lucile Gimberg
“
Sorry, at the third meeting, it becomes difficult,
” says Valérie Pécresse.
Three public meetings a day so his voice sometimes derails.
This is the grueling pace for this final week of campaigning until Congress.
This is what is needed to make LR activists want, assures the president of the Ile de France region.
“
We show them that we have the character, the temperament, the experience, the authority to do what we say.
Because you know, today the French are not very confident in politicians.
They have the impression, after ten years of François Hollande and Emmanuel Macron, that they are being told fine words and that there are no acts that follow ”.
A
"
chameleon
"
president
The Head of State takes it for his rank.
A president "
chameleon who tells everyone what he wants to hear
", a president "
who burns the fund to be reelected
", denounces Valérie Pécresse.
She promises to make the reforms that he did not do, such as pensions.
The room is receptive, in particular Agnès, business manager in Bordeaux: “
I believe in women in politics.
They are serious in the files, in the analysis.
I have always been successful in business with positions of responsibility.
I believe in women.
It's the culture of results, ”she
explains
.
The fear of post-designation
LR municipal councilor next door, Gwenaël, has not yet chosen his candidate, but he already fears post-designation.
“The failure of five years ago is that the rallying dynamics went wrong after the result.
We must not repeat the same mistake, ”he
analyzes.
►Also read: Presidential 2022 in France: LR relies on its members to nominate its candidate
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