“Eric Ciotti will have an important place, it will not be a place for decorum, it will be a real place” with Valérie Pécresse, explained Monday, December 6 on franceinfo Florence Portelli, mayor of Taverny (Val-d’Oise), vice-president of the Île-de-France region and spokesperson for Valérie Pécresse, candidate Les Républicains (LR ) in the presidential election, which chose the lands of Eric Ciotti in the Alpes-Maritimes for his first trip this Monday afternoon.
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franceinfo: Is Éric Ciotti an asset or a burden for Valérie Pécresse?
Florence Portelli: It is not at all a burden, it is an important asset, there is an adjustment to be made because he has his temperament, he wants to weigh, which is normal because he did an excellent score. Valérie Pécresse said he would have a special place in his campaign and that is quite normal. There is not a big difference between their programs. Valérie Pécresse has an assumed right-wing program and therefore they can only get along. In addition, they have real bonds of mutual affection.
What will help Valérie Pécresse?
What helps is a real mobilization of activists, that the gap in the tracks is really clear between Eric Ciotti and Valérie Pécresse, without demeaning. All the tenors of the Republicans are gathered behind Valérie Pécresse. When I see Yannick Jadot’s hateful and filthy reactions to Valérie Pécresse or the outrageousness of Gabriel Attal, I am rather reassured, it’s that the start of the campaign is not that bad. .
What place will it reserve for Éric Ciotti?
They’re seeing this together, so we’ll find out soon. He will have an important place, it will not be a place for decorum, it will be a real place because he counts a lot in the campaign of Valérie Pécresse as will count a lot Xavier Bertrand, Michel Barnier and Philippe Juvin. This week she will be moving to their land.
Is he the anti-Eric Zemmour weapon?
It is part of the anti-Zemmour weapons, to take up the question, but I think that Valérie Pécresse’s program is the best anti-Zemmour weapon as well as the best anti-Macron weapon. It is an extremely well thought-out, very detailed program, she worked a lot to make it applicable as soon as she took office. So the best weapon is the strength and rigor of its program. Its goal is to bring back to it the French who no longer have hope.