Eric Ciotti and Valérie Pécresse are qualified for the second round of the nomination of the Republicans party in the presidential election, Xavier Bertrand is eliminated.
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“We were not surprised by the results”, declared Thursday, December 2 on franceinfo Jean Leonetti, mayor Les Républicains d’Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, responsible for organizing this closed primary of the right-wing formation. Eric Ciotti won ahead of Valérie Pécresse, both qualified for the second round, with 25.59 %% and 25% of the votes respectively. Finishing 4th in the first round with 22.36%, Xavier Bertrand was eliminated from this race at the Elysée. “I know what tough fights are”, underlined Jean Leonetti.
Eric Ciotti had “A certain ease in his speech. We felt that he was going to be in the second round. A step has been taken, we had quality debates, a strong participation, two candidates and there will be a good team behind”. The election of the candidate Republicans for the presidential election will “be done intelligently in a short time, this will avoid comments and situations of tension”.
Jean Leonetti would have “preferred an open primary because we talk to the French instead of talking to the party. From the 4th [décembre], we are going to go from a speech that we held vis-à-vis the party to a speech vis-à-vis the country. We will have to carry a project that unites, that gives confidence, instills hope. Immigration and insecurity are major subjects but they should not be exclusive subjects. “