This electoral campaign is marked by numerous transfers between the different candidates.
Macronie recruited Eric Woerth, Nicolas Sarkozy's former budget minister, this week.
Two months before the first round,
20 Minutes
takes stock of recent transfers and the crazy rumors that agitate this political transfer window.
A transfer window of madness.
Two months before the first round of the presidential election, the parties are still trying to attract strong reinforcements to their teams for the final sprint of the campaign.
In recent hours, Macronie has pulled off a great coup by recruiting Eric Woerth, Nicolas Sarkozy's former budget minister and president (LR) of the National Assembly's Finance Committee.
During the start of the campaign, the parties were active on the transfer market, particularly on the side of Reconquête.
Eric Zemmour has thus taken great pleasure in strengthening himself among his direct competitors, while the historical formations are struggling to attract new talent.
End of contract, weight reinforcements, return from injury… We take stock of this winter transfer window.
The big blow of the transfer window: Eric Woerth
For the past few weeks, rumors have swelled around the future of Eric Woerth within LR.
It is now recorded: Nicolas Sarkozy's former budget minister has signed in Macronie.
The deputy from Oise told Le
Parisien
that he did not find himself in Valérie Pécresse's game project: "I do not subscribe to LR's speech, which describes a France which is not quite mine, a Nostalgic France, curled up on itself.
»
This figure from the right, a specialist in public finance, is a major recruit for Emmanuel Macron, regularly accused by Les Républicains of having “burned the cash register” during the five-year term.
The heavyweight rookie: Guillaume Peltier
It is the half-surprise of the transfer window.
Guillaume Peltier, former number 2 of the Republicans, joined Eric Zemmour at the start of the year.
"I have made the decision to support the only candidate from the right, the only candidate loyal to the values of the RPR, the only candidate capable of beating Emmanuel Macron", indicated the deputy of Loir-et-Cher on CNews.
The now first vice-president of Reconquest sees this as a good opportunity to relaunch his political career, he who has known several teams, from the National Front, to the National Republican Movement of Bruno Mégret via the Movement for France of Philippe de Villiers.
For Eric Zemmour, his profile is useful for highlighting his strategy of uniting the rights.
Bench reinforcements: Thomas Portes and Damien Rieu
They are not the most high-sounding recruits in this transfer window, but they can prove useful in a campaign.
Thomas Portes, former spokesperson for Sandrine Rousseau (EELV), joined Jean-Luc Mélenchon in early December through the People's Union Parliament.
The former support of Benoît Hamon is a symbol of the enlargement advocated by La France insoumise.
Another important reinforcement on the side of Eric Zemmour: Damien Rieu.
This former Generation Identity activist, ex-RN and influential on social networks, decided to join the Reconquest candidate at the end of January.
His attacks on supporters of Valérie Pécresse, accused of Islamodroitism, were hailed by Eric Zemmour but also earned him several legal complaints from the entourage of candidate LR, who denounced “digital fatwas”.
The return from injury: Bernard Cazeneuve
The former Prime Minister of François Hollande recently came out of his hole to (finally) clearly support Anne Hidalgo, and take the head of the National Support Committee for his campaign.
He said he was "faithful to his political family" and hailed the PS candidate as an "intractable personality on matters of the Republic", a few days after having estimated that "the socialists did not prepare as they should have done at this time”.
A return to the important group for the mayor of Paris, who is having a hard time boosting her campaign.
The man at the end of the contract: Stéphane Ravier
Will leave?
Won't leave?
Stéphane Ravier maintains the suspense over his political future.
The RN senator from Marseille has multiplied the pikes against Marine Le Pen, after local bickering.
“Logically I should support Marine Le Pen, but how to do it when she trashes thirty years of militant work in Marseille because she gets very angry?
“, he lambasted on LCI, refusing to say whether or not he was going to join the campaign of rival Eric Zemmour.
The defection of the only senator from the National Rally would be a big loss for Marine Le Pen, who has already seen MEP Gilbert Collard go to Reconquest.
Crazy rumours: Marion Maréchal, Nicolas Sarkozy…
Other transfer window information is circulating but it should be taken with a grain of salt.
Marion Maréchal could come out of her reserve to support Eric Zemmour, according to several media.
At La République en Marche, we hope to bring in some elements who can play on the left wing: the former PS president of the National Assembly, Claude Bartolone and the mayor of Dijon François Rebsamen would be expected.
Other names are also mentioned, such as Julien Dray, Senator André Vallini, the former Minister of Health Marisol Touraine, even the patron saint of PS deputies Valérie Rabault.
On the right, we especially fear support from Nicolas Sarkozy, who privately multiplies criticism against Valérie Pécresse, for Emmanuel Macron.
Elections
Presidential 2022: Éric Woerth will campaign for Emmanuel Macron and will not support Valérie Pécresse
Presidential election 2022
Valerie Pécresse
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