Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Wassila Belhacine 11:19 a.m., February 22, 2022, modified at 11:22 a.m., February 22, 2022

Valérie Pécresse was campaigning in Indre on Monday, in the town of Châteauroux.

The Les Républicains presidential candidate focused her visit on the importance of decentralization and the revitalization of medium-sized towns.

Is Valérie Pécresse the candidate for medium-sized towns and rural areas?

The LR presidential candidate was this Monday in Châteauroux in Indre in the Center-Val de Loire region.

The opportunity for the aspirant to the supreme nomination to present again her program based on decentralization.

She was accompanied by two elected officials, the mayor of Châteauroux Gil Avérous (LR) and that of Neuilly Jean-Christophe Fromentin, of the Territories in motion party.

A France that is less centralized and more rooted in the territories 

During this visit, the candidate hammered home her difference with her opponent Emmanuel Macron.

She took the opportunity to draw the outlines of her new France, that of post-covid, marked by the revitalization of medium-sized towns and the arrival of new inhabitants from the metropolises.

"We talked about it with the mayors who told us that they saw people coming back to the villages. The houses are selling and being renovated. Something is happening and we have to take advantage of it" explains the candidate at the microphone from Europe 1.

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In Châteauroux, she appears with Gilles Avérous, mayor of Châteauroux and Jean-Christophe Fromantin, councilor of Neuilly-sur-Seine.

The two men were for a moment convinced by Emmanuel Macron, but they finally chose the candidate LR and her program supposed to restore autonomy to communities.

"I am really convinced that the place of decision is often too far from the reality on the ground to understand the stakes of the situation and that we have an interest in going to local elected officials, towards more proximity and more efficiency. “explains Gil Avérous, mayor of Châteauroux.

Valérie Pécresse's new France is the opposite of the New World advocated by Emmanuel Macron.

The candidate hopes for a country that is less centralized and therefore more rooted in the territories.

A marker that the candidate intends to put forward as a response to those who accuse her of being too close ideologically to the head of state.