Yann Wehrling, adviser to the candidate on ecology, was launched into an enumeration: "Michel Barnier, you made the law that bears your name, Jacques Chirac in his time, it was he who spoke of the planet that is burning , Nicolas Sarkozy...."
Whistles and boos then rose in the hall of the Parc des expositions in Paris.
"I absolutely did not want this reaction, on the contrary, you should rather applaud him, he made the Grenelle de l'environnement", launched Mr. Wehrling, arousing applause.
Nicolas Sarkzoy, who has never supported Valérie Pécresse's campaign, and is the subject of speculation about possible support for Emmanuel Macron, was the notable absentee from this meeting where the organizers claimed 5,000 spectators.
The president of the Paca region Renaud Muselier, who recently rallied Emmanuel Macron, regretted a "drift" on Twitter. "Definitely, my former political family has lost all compass and all reason," he said, believing that "defeat will only be harder."
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