Presidential: what are the stakes of the great meeting of Pécresse at the Zenith of Paris?

Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Solène Delinger 06:35, February 13, 2022

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The last chance meeting?

Valérie Pécresse is at the Zénith de Paris this afternoon to relaunch her campaign.

The right-wing candidate is playing big, after a week marked by several departures of elected LR at Emmanuel Macron and criticism of Nicolas Sarkozy published in the press.

A new impetus for his campaign

Valérie Pécresse wants to deliver a founding speech for the rest of her campaign.

A speech supposed to show his vision of France, and which must breathe new life into a campaign which has stagnated so far.

Valérie Pécresse multiplies however the displacements and the proposals but her message struggles to print in the opinion. 

Hence the importance of this meeting, an exercise in which the candidate is not the most comfortable, but where she will seek to make an impression...

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Arouse desire among voters

She has worked on her speech in recent days with her advisers and her pen, Igor Mitrofanoff.

And, if the content has not filtered, several relatives recently encouraged her to reveal herself, to talk about her, and her relationship to France and the French.

The objective: to give substance to his speech and arouse desire among voters.

Valérie Pécresse is almost back to the wall, caught up in some polls by Éric Zemmour and faced with defections in his camp this week.

But the candidate says she is "serene and combative".

"She knows exactly what she wants to do," continues a relative.

It will be able to count this afternoon on a full room, nearly 7,000 people and many young people, present to set the mood.

At LR, many see this speech as the most important of his life.

"Make it or break it," summarizes a campaign executive.