Rachida Dati, LR mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and former Minister of Justice under Nicolas Sarkozy, was the guest of 8:30 franceinfo, Thursday February 10. She answered questions from Sahlia Brakhlia and Marc Fauvelle.
Rally of Eric Woerth to Emmanuel Macron: “That’s not what can decide the French”
Eric Woerth, the chairman of the Finance Committee of the National Assembly and from the ranks of the Les Républicains (LR) party, announced on Wednesday that he would support the head of state when the latter declares his presidential candidacy. . “It’s a personal decision” of one “friend”, reacted Rachida Dati. But the LR mayor of the 7th arrondissement “don’t think that’s what will decide the French [d’arrêter leur choix] on a candidate”.
For her, the break between Éric Woerth and his party comes a long way. “Long before the primary [le congrès LR]there could sometimes be positions or a line that could interfere with it”, ensured the former Keeper of the Seals, who rubbed shoulders with him in the government, when he was Minister of the Budget.
“Loser”, “deserter” … Rachida Dati charges Valérie Pécresse’s campaign manager
Rachida Dati did not appreciate that the campaign manager of LR presidential candidate Valérie PécressePatrick Stefanini, denigrates her on a television set. “I have no lessons to receive from Mr. Stefanini”she assured.
On BFMTV, February 3, Patrick Stefanini recalled that Rachida Dati “was a candidate two years ago in the municipal elections of Paris” and “all French people remember how it ended”. He was reacting to the criticisms formulated by the mayor of the 7th arrondissement about the campaign of Valérie Pécresse.
Patrick Stefanini later returned to his remarks. He described his campaign, during the municipal elections of 2020, as “courageous and dynamic”“inspire every day”the Pécresse camp. For the former Keeper of the Seals, “he rectified his remarks in a rather pathetic way”.