Legislative 2022: The Republicans are divided

Published

France 2

Article written by

J. Nény, N. Salem, E. Marot, N. Leydier, J. Montupet – France 2

France Televisions

After the debacle of Valérie Pécresse during the presidential election, will the right-wing party Les Républicains be able to recover? Disagreements take place internally before the June 2022 legislative elections.

A historic rout and a lot of doubts. The Les Républicains party is more fragile than ever. “On the occasion of the next legislative elections, let’s not divide ourselves”declared Valérie Pécresse, after her failure in the presidential election of 2022. Because in the line of sight of the right-wing party to prepare the sequel, a dilemma arises: to remain independent or to ally with Emmanuel Macron.

Party cadres voted overwhelmingly for independence. But in reality, two opposing strategies clash internally. On the one hand, those who refuse any alliance with the head of state, like Laurent Wauquiez, Xavier Bertrand and Éric Ciotti. On the other, those who are working on it or thinking about it seriously, like the former President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy.


team of the week

  • Editor-in-chief

    Elsa Pallot

  • Deputy editor-in-chief

    Sebastien Renout, Anne Poncinet, Arnaud Comte

  • Editor

    Delphine Moninot

  • Joker

    Karine Baste

The weekend team

  • Editor-in-chief

    Franck Genauzeau

  • Deputy editor-in-chief

    Irene Benefice, Willy Gouville, Jean-Francois Monier

  • Editor

    Jean Louis Gaudin

  • Joker

    Thomas Sotto

view all magazines

Newsletter subscription

the news at 8 p.m.

Every day, receive your 8 p.m. news directly

Newsletter subscription

items On the same topic

Seen from Europe

Franceinfo selects daily content from European public audiovisual media, members of Eurovision. These contents are published in English or French.


source site