Alexandre Chauveau 9:16 a.m., April 2, 2022
LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse traveled to the south-east of France on Friday, to Marseille and Saint-Raphaël.
A strategic trip where she invested the themes of security and purchasing power, two subjects which she wants to make her trademark ten days before the first round.
"There is not much space to talk about anything else," admits one of the executives of Valérie Pécresse's presidential campaign.
The LR candidate was in the south-east of France on Friday, in Marseille, then in Saint-Raphaël in the Var to talk about security with the police, then purchasing power with retirees.
It is on these two themes that the president of the Île-de-France region wants to focus the end of her campaign, one week before the first round.
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Valérie Pécresse more comfortable at the end of the campaign
Valérie Pécresse therefore hammers more than ever her strong measures: zero impunity in terms of security and a salary increase over five years.
"I campaign on two feet: the sovereign and the promise of an additional 10% on wages", explains the candidate, who wants to strike a spade at her competitors.
"I do it by financing it, not like Jean-Luc Mélenchon or Marine Le Pen who promise anything and everything, that's too easy, it's called demagoguery."
The Republican candidate paradoxically seems more comfortable at the end of the campaign.
More relaxed, she lent herself to the game of selfies, and even participated in a game of petanque on the village square of La Crau in the Var.
A week of risk taking
In reality, Valérie Pécresse made two “shock” trips this week, to Roubaix, then to the northern districts of Marseille.
A risk-taking that some members of his team were desperate to see happen, and which probably comes a little late.
The polls always give her in fourth, even in fifth position.
But the contender for the Élysée remains determined in this final stretch.
Valérie Pécresse will hold a meeting on Sunday, Porte de Versailles in Paris.
A way to ward off the fate of the Zenith, which had begun its decline in the polls in mid-February.