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Since his victory at the Congress of Republicans, Valérie Pécresse occupies space in this 2022 presidential race. The candidate LR made the outgoing president, Emmanuel Macron, his main target.
When Valérie Pécresse greets Emmanuel Macron during his inauguration in 2017, does she imagine herself becoming his main opponent five years later? Barely appointed by her party, the Republicans, Valérie Pécresse has placed itself in the crosshairs of the macronie. Most newspapers have made it their A this week. With polls in support, they see it as the one that can climb to the second round of the 2022 presidential election.
On the occasion of her first meeting on Saturday 11 December, Valérie Pécresse made it a slogan in front of its activists: “The French have understood it, it will be Emmanuel Macron or us“, she chanted. The president’s relatives therefore track down the slightest errors in the candidate’s speeches. LR. Four months before the first round, the Élysée sharpens its arguments and revises its strategy. In front of the microphones, there is no question for those close to the president to place her at the same level as Emmanuel Macron.