The Republicans must find a replacement for Christian Jacob at the head of the party. The election must take place in December 2022 after having been postponed in the absence of a “natural candidate” after the renunciation of Laurent Wauquiez.
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François-Xavier Bellamy took a step, Tuesday, July 19, towards a candidacy for the presidency of the party Les Républicains (LR). “I think that French democracy needs a right-wing political formation that assumes its ideas and its line, said MEP LR, Wednesday on France Inter. For Francois-Xavier Bellamy, “if this perspective is not represented in this debate which is taking place, I will take all my responsibilities”.
The Republicans party postponed, on Tuesday, the election of their next president to the beginning of December, instead of the end of November, in the absence of a “natural candidate” after the renunciation of Laurent Wauquiez to seek the succession of Christian Jacob. “I am one of those who think that we should not fear this deadlineExplain Francois-Xavier Bellamy.
“We must not be afraid of a real conversation with, of course, the members, but also with all the French people who are waiting to be represented by a right-wing political party and who must tell us today, after the heavy electoral defeat that we have experienced this year, who must tell us what they expect from us.”
François-Xavier Bellamy, MEP LRat France Inter
“When we come out of a crisis like this in a democracy, there is no other solution than to come back to the French, to ask them what they want from our party, what they expect from him to also rebuild our democratic life in a more general way“, he insisted.