Mélanie Faure 9:18 a.m., February 13, 2022
Franck Riester returned to the reasons for his rallying to Emmanuel Macron, in the context of the presidential campaign.
The Minister of Foreign Trade deplored the division of the Republicans, a party from which he was expelled in 2017, and explains why Valérie Pécresse will not be elected to lead the country according to him.
Franck Riester navigated the political spectrum.
After having been part of the ranks of the UMP, which became Les Républicains, in the early 2010s, he joined Emmanuel Macron in 2017. If the Head of State has not yet announced his official candidacy, Franck Riester has d has already shown its support.
And confides to the microphone of Europe 1 why he does not believe in the victory of Valérie Pécresse.
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"The LRs have been at a strategic impasse for years," said Franck Riester.
"They're in the race to the far right, are belly dancing all the time to the far right. I think it's a strategic mistake, deviating from the DNA of the right Republican, they got lost."
The "Republican Drift"
The Minister of Foreign Trade deplores a "lack of consistency".
"It's difficult, when a party is lost, to be the candidate of that party, especially when Valérie Pécresse left the party a few years ago, precisely, because of this drift of the Republicans."
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Franck Riester adds: "This lack of coherence is visible and I think that our compatriots need to feel at some point sincerity, coherence, authenticity and to feel a strong, unifying project, beyond political divisions. And that's what I believe Emmanuel Macron embodies today."
On February 9, Franck Riester welcomed Eric Woerth's alliance with Emmanuel Macron on Twitter: "Welcome dear Eric Woerth, your talent will be precious to us in building the France of tomorrow!", He listened.