Victor Chabert 3:20 p.m., January 04, 2022
The LR candidate in the presidential election Valérie Pécresse inaugurates her campaign HQ on Tuesday.
The president of the Île-de-France region intends to take advantage of the month of January to get ahead of Marine Le Pen in the polls and reduce the lead of Emmanuel Macron, still in the lead in the polls.
Despite the Omicron wave, the presidential campaign has resumed its course.
Valérie Pécresse, the LR candidate for the presidential election, inaugurates her new campaign HQ this Tuesday, located in the 17th arrondissement of the capital.
It is in this three-storey building with the blue facade and stamped "Pécresse 2022" that the candidate will prepare the home stretch of the campaign.
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The right-wing candidate did not hesitate to inaugurate her HQ by responding to the controversy over the interruption of the examination of the text on the vaccine pass, Monday, in the Assembly, in which the group participated LR deputies.
"We criticize the lack of preparation of this government, the lack of preparation in the face of this crisis. But we are also a party of responsibilities. And in terms of responsibility, the group's position has been affirmed in the Assembly and it will also be so in the Senate: we are not opposed to this text. This is the group's position in the Assembly and the Senate, "she said.
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The month of January will be crucial for Valérie Pécresse.
The candidate hammers on whoever wants to hear her that she wants to carry a project of rupture, with the slogans of restoring authority, freedoms and dignity.
There are two issues for the candidate: getting out of neck and neck with Marine Le Pen - the two women are almost tied in the polls - and clearly standing out from Emmanuel Macron, who, for the moment, is still racing. leading the polls.