Louis Aliot, mayor of Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales), candidate for the presidency of the National Rally, was the 8:30 guest franceinfo, Tuesday September 6, 2022. Energy crisis, PSG trips, election to the presidency of the RN … He answers questions from Marc Fauvelle and Salhia Brakhlia.
Energy crisis: “If we had made other choices, we wouldn’t be here”
“If we had made other choices in terms of energy, we would not be here”, says Louis Aliot, when he was asked about the energy crisis. The day before, Emmanuel Macron announced that France was committed to delivering more gas to Germany, which could supply it with electricity, if the energy crisis required it this winter. A “false solidarity”according to the candidate for the presidency of the RN.
The latter accuses the Head of State of being “obtuse”. But for him, “In the face of the obvious, you still have to ask yourself the right questions”. “When the evidence is finally that nuclear power protects us a little bit from what is happening, we may say to ourselves that there are bad choices that have been made, the closure from Fessenheim, etc.he adds.
“Moving around in a sand yacht”: “PSG manages its funds as it sees fit”
“PSG is a private company that manages its funds as it sees fit”, says Louis Aliot, about the controversy over the use of a private jet by Paris Saint-Germain to get to Nantes. Christophe Galtier, the Parisian coach, quipped Monday, September 5 at a press conference, explaining that he was studying the possibility of “move by sand yacht”.
Louis Aliot also mentions “another world” where these live “stars who earn tens of millions” euros. If he recognizes the symbolic aspect of the use of a private jet, he continues: “The symbol, that the ministers apply it to themselves. When Prime Minister Jean Castex went to vote by plane in the first round of the presidential election, it was also an example to give”he quips.
Presidency of the RN: “I will do more collegiality”
“If I were president of the National Rally (RN), I would do more collegiality, I would create more balance in the party”, promises Louis Aliot. In this internal election, he is opposed to Jordan Bardella, acting president of the party since September 2021. The ballot will open on September 30, and its results will be announced on November 5, during the 18th congress of the RN.
“We don’t have the same background, we don’t have the same experience, that’s what will come into play and it’s the members who will decide”, believes the elected RN. If Jordan Bardella is 27, Louis Aliot, 53, denies being “ancient”. “I am the age of Marine [Le Pen]we are not ancestors, after all!he says.
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