Presidential 2022: Valérie Pécresse will be able to repay her loan of 5.1 million euros

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After her catastrophic and unexpected 4.78% of the vote in the first round of the presidential election, the former right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse for the presidential election had called for donations to repay the loan she had personally contracted to finance her campaign.

Several tens of thousands of people responded to his call allowing the president of the Ile-de-France region to raise the 5.1 million euros needed to repay the bank.

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In a few Parisian cafes, mocking bosses had placed jars for their customers to deposit their small change in to help Valérie Pécresse.

Taunts taken up on social networks after the call for help from the right-wing candidate, the day after her crushing defeat in the presidential election.

Valérie Pécresse

was also one of the candidates who had declared the highest heritage: nearly 10 million euros.

Finally, the president of the Ile-de-France region will not have to break the bank to repay her personal loan, specifies

, from the political service.

Thousands of individuals have put their hands in their pockets

Right-wing sympathizers therefore responded to his appeal for donations.

Several tens of thousands of individuals have put their hands in their pockets: from a few tens of euros to 4,600 euros per person, this is the maximum provided for by law.

Valérie Pécresse and her husband each put 4600 euros precisely.

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”, therefore let the Pécresse team know, which had been focused on this financial objective since mid-April.

And the ex-candidate will even have been able to afford the luxury of returning his check to Nicolas Sarkozy, the former head of state who did nothing to help him in his campaign.

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