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3:01 p.m. : “The right is back. “
In front of his supporters gathered at the Mutualité in Paris, Valérie Pécresse holds her first campaign meeting, since her designation as the Republicans’ presidential candidate. “NOTe can turn France around in five years “, she assures.
2:27 p.m. : “The dynamic that must be built for this presidential election (…) is a dynamic around this social and republican ecology that we carry.”
Asked about TF1, Yannick Jadot brushes aside Anne Hidalgo’s proposal to appoint a single candidate on the left through a primary.
13:38 : “I support of course the idea of the popular primary because it starts from civil society, it does not start from political parties or small apparatus tricks.”
Yannick Jadot must start “discussions with the people in charge of the popular primary”, believes Noël Mamère who says he is convinced that the left can form a union around a “single candidate”.
12:12 : Here is the main information at midday:
• The recession started in the Pyrenees, after the strong floods. But four departments remain placed in orange vigilance: Landes, Gers, Pyrénées-Atlantiques and Hautes-Pyrénées.
• Philippe de Villiers shows his support for Eric Zemmour. This figure of the sovereignist right joined the far-right presidential candidate at Roissy airport, before his trip to Armenia.
• The Europa League Conference match between Tottenham and Rennes is canceled. Postponed due to a case of Covid-19 within the English team, it could not be rescheduled.
• The 2022 edition of the Miss France competition is being held this evening in Caen. Twenty-nine regional misses from 18 to 24 will compete for the title.
12:11 : “I am the former head of state. I have a duty of reserve. I do not have to get into a political fight.”
RTL guest this morning, Nicolas Sarkozy has justified his lack of support for Valérie Pécresse, since his appointment as the Republicans’ presidential candidate. “Of course, I will take a stand when the time comes, but I don’t have to be in the campagne “, he assures.
11:44 : His support did not seem certain – Philippe de Villiers now appears with Éric Zemmour – According to the founder of the Movement for France, “what is lacking in politics today is courage”. #zemmour @franceinfo https://t.co/Iddm8VJrUS
11:41 a.m. : A figure of the sovereignist right joined Eric Zemmour at Roissy airport: Philippe de Villiers. The far-right presidential candidate is due to fly to Armenia.
9:52 a.m. : From sluggishness to discord. Arnaud Montebourg and Anne Hidalgo are ready to line up behind a single candidacy on the left. Yannick Jadot and Jean-Luc Mélenchon refuse to do so. Here is this week’s story that put the left back in the spotlight.
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11:11 : Here is the main information from this Saturday morning:
• The red alert has been lifted in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the Landes. But the two departments remain placed in orange vigilance by Météo France. As well as seven others, in the Pyrenees and the Alps, because of the risks of floods, floods and avalanches.
• The ecologist Yannick Jadot is holding today the first major event of a campaign which is struggling to take off, in Laon, in the Aisne. An event against a background of calls for union, including that launched by Anne Hidalgo in favor of a primary on the left.
• Hospital pressure continues to increase in France. Nearly 2,500 patients are being treated in critical care units, according to hospital data released yesterday. In the past 24 hours, 55,339 new cases of contamination have been recorded, down slightly from Thursday and Wednesday.
• The 2022 edition of the Miss France competition is being held this evening in Caen. Twenty-nine regional misses from 18 to 24 will compete for the title.
• Lens lost 3-2 to Nantes last night and now leaves its 5th place within the reach of a cohort of pursuers after the first match of the 18th day of Ligue 1.