The slap still resounds in everyone's head, the hangover persists for some, and the bill has been salted for the party's bank account.

In short, LR must quickly recover after the defeat of Valérie Pécresse in the first round of the presidential election.

And as some open their Sunday morning with a glass of scotch, the right treats evil with evil: one campaign chasing another, it's time to turn to the legislative elections.

Nearly 400 people, including a hundred candidates for the legislative elections of June 12 and 19, are expected at the National Council which will be held from 2 p.m. this Saturday, behind closed doors, at the party's headquarters in Paris.

On the program: speech by leaders Annie Genevard, Christian Jacob and Gérard Larcher, video clip, as well as an intervention by Centrist allies Hervé Morin and, by video, Jean-Christophe Lagarde for the UDI, before a press conference by Christian Jacob , president of LR.

How many rallies to the presidential majority?

Above all, the candidates will be given a “charter”, which they will have to sign before the official submission of the candidatures, affirming their political independence.

Clearly, it is a question of dissuading any temptation to rally to Emmanuel Macron.

LR's big concern is that some deputies will go over to the macronie camp to save their seat.

After the second round of the presidential election, several elected officials (Damien Abad, Constance Le Grip, etc.) showed themselves open to a rally, in the name of the general interest, fueling speculation.

The right was also worried about recurring rumors lending to Nicolas Sarkozy, received again Tuesday at the Elysée, the intention to negotiate with Emmanuel Macron a series of rallies among the outgoing.

How many could they be in fine?

An article in the daily

Le Figaro

spoke Thursday of "five to seven" starters.

"We went from 60 to 30 and, today, less than 10. It's a very meager harvest", underlines a deputy.

“There is no possible double membership,” insists Christian Jacob.

The temptation to throw in the towel

What is at stake is not only the survival of the party, but also its credibility, its independence and its weight on the political scene, after having structured French political life for decades.

Faced with the presidential majority, it is therefore a question of appearing as a consistent opposition, and not as a bridge or an ally.

In this context, the list of LREM nominations will be followed closely, to see if the presidential majority puts a candidate in front of potential defectors.

Thursday, the first wave revealed that the LR deputy from Yonne Guillaume Larrivé, who had sent insistent signals, will finally have to face a candidate from Macron.

"A humiliation", he believes, which "will cool some".

About twenty invested candidates have already preferred to throw in the towel, after the defeat of the presidential election.

Having assembled its last investiture committee on Wednesday, LR now has a list almost ready.

Most of the heavyweights (Eric Ciotti, Damien Abad, Aurélien Pradié, Annie Genevard, etc.) are returning, even if Christian Jacob will not stand for a sixth term.

To go "beyond" the hundred or so deputies that LR currently has, its president wants to emphasize "local anchoring", criticizing "Parisianism" and "bureaucracy" of the majority candidates.

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