While the left organizes itself, the right, too, begins its field campaign for the legislative elections. The Republicans, allied with the UDI and the party “Les centristes”, are in bad shape, still reeling from the score of their candidate, Valérie Pécresse, in the first round of the presidential election.
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So, faced with the union of the left in view of the ballot on June 12 and 19, “The voices, we will search for them with our teeth“launched the president of LR, Christian Jacob, on Wednesday evening, during the inauguration of a campaign office in Chaville, in the Hauts-de-Seine.
Here, the Republicans logo features prominently on Cécile Richez’s poster. This is not the case in all constituencies. Proud to embody the right, the candidate repeats that she is not “Macron-compatible“. A clarity hailed by François Baroin, who came to support her: “If there are quality, rooted candidates who embody the next generation, who are true to their values, people will be able to thank and recognize those who have not changed address.“, he assures. Understand, therefore, those who remain faithful to LR, unlike the “opportunists“such as Edouard Philippe or Bruno Le Maire.
The latter also take it for their rank, in the mouth of the party president, who came to motivate the militants with a quote from Jacques Chirac. “When he said ‘We will seek the votes with the teeth’, it means that, in a campaign, we fight thoroughly, we are not in half measures. It’s the determination that is ours“, insists Christian Jacob. Before calling on the militants not to let themselves be destabilized by the union of the left which is preparing: “The reality is when you add up all the forces on the left, in any case, it can’t make a majority. Which means that everything is possible at the Assembly“.
And don’t go reminding the results of the presidential election to the one who is also deputy LR of Seine-et-Marne : it is a new campaign which begins, he says, he wants to believe that this time the French will not vote “by default“, but good for their convictions.
Guest of France inter, Thursday morning, Christian Jacob thus rejected any possible alliance with any party whatsoever, refusing “political maneuvers“.”We are going to the legislative elections on our colors, we are here to represent the territories that are ours“, he indicated, reaffirming”independence” of his party in this campaign, the objective of which is “to have the maximum number of deputies”, “beyond“of the 100 that the Republicans currently have.