"I am unhappy for LR voters" because Valérie Pécresse, who won the internal competition against Eric Ciotti in the second round, is "the most macronist" of the right-wing contenders in the Elysee race, said Ms. Le Pen in front of the press, on the sidelines of a meeting in Warsaw of the European far-right sovereignist and conservative parties.
According to her, Ms. Pécresse has "almost exactly the same profile as Emmanuel Macron" and has "very certainly on a considerable number of subjects the same positions", to such an extent that the question arose that she would become his Prime Minister. she accused.
"It is sad for the LR voters" who "expressed their wish to come out of this compatible Macron side" and "will not have succeeded in doing that", according to the candidate of the National Rally.
"They always have the possibility of coming to participate in my campaign where they will find an assumed, uninhibited defense of the Nation, identity, borders", she continued.
"The position expressed by Eric Ciotti on many points corresponds to the firmness that we want to see implemented in the field of insecurity and immigration", she said about the very right-handed MP des Alpes-Maritimes, which was defeated by 39% of the vote against 61% for the president of Ile-de-France.
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