Valérie Pécresse needs money to fill the five million euro hole left by her defeat in the presidential election, but she does not accept any source of funding. The surroundings of the former LR candidate indicates this Thursday that she refused a donation from Nicolas Sarkozywho had never supported him during the campaign.
The former President of the Republic had made, about ten days ago, a bank transfer of a 4-digit sum (without reaching the legal limit of 4,600 euros) in favor of the President of the Ile-de-France Region. But this one made him re-credit during the day. “She does not ask for charity, but solidarity and friendship. She’s a woman of honor“, explained his entourage.
The gap between Nicolas Sarkozy and the candidate continued to widen during the presidential campaign, where he never gave her his support. According to comments reported in the press, the former head of state, who cultivates a closeness with Emmanuel Macron, was very harsh towards the candidate: “non-existent“, “Valerie didn’t understand anything“, “she would do well to quote me“… He even called on April 12 to vote for Emmanuel Macron in the second round, without a word for his former minister.
2.5 million euros collected
Valérie Pécresse had obtained only 4.78% of the votes in the first round of the presidential election, under the 5% necessary to obtain reimbursement of her campaign expenses for which she “personally indebted to the tune of five million euros“. She Reaped”approximately 2.5 million donations“, said Sunday Christian Jacob, the president of the party Les Républicains (LR).
“The party will contribute eight million euros to a campaign that cost 15 million”said Christian Jacob, judging that this call for donations from the candidate had been “understood by many French people“. The ex-candidate LR had relaunched this call on Monday, invoking “those who share (his) beliefs” but also those who, “for fear of the extremes have chosen the useful vote from the first round“.