Xavier Bertrand makes this observation: the right lacks a “school of executives”. An incubator to attract, support and train future elected officials, future deputies in particular. “Teach them to campaign”summarizes a relative, who remembers that in the past, this knowledge was transmitted via local figures – “barons” – who took under their wings activists to whom they taught the tricks of the trade.
The parties also played this advisory role. This is no longer the case. Xavier Bertrand sees himself taking up the torch, but has not yet decided whether it should be within the framework of the Republicans, or via “We France”, the name of his own political party.
He has already tried his hand at this role of coach with legislative candidates: “Xavier Bertrand gave me advice, he did coaching, it’s factual”confirms an LR candidate… defeated in the first round and still very upset against the national leadership of his party, whom he accuses of having them “dropped”.
“There was no national campaign, when our competitors were supported by their leaders.”
An LR candidate eliminated in the first round of the legislative electionsat franceinfo
He quotes Emmanuel Macron for the walkers, Jean-Luc Mélenchon for the Nupes or even Marine Le Pen at the National Rally. “I had nothing”entrusts, disappointed, this candidate, when another, who will probably be elected deputy, notes “that there are not many tutelary figures left on the right and that the party is dead.”
“To rebuild it, you have to start from scratchdecides a member of the current management. It goes through a renewal of all the executives. Renew the herd or disappear… The music of the generational divide is already being heard. The young LR shoots are ready to cross swords with their elders. From next week on the chairmanship of the group in the Assembly. “We will send a young candidate”warns one of the future elected officials.
“We are also going to be more aggressive in our speakingannounces another. It’s over, we were too nice to them”. Them: the former right-wing ministers who monopolize the airwaves. A regional councilor says he has “fed up with Morano, Hortefeux, Copé” who find themselves in debate against emerging figures from other parties, Gabriel Attal, Jordan Bardella, Adrien Quatennens…
“If our elders don’t understand the message, we’ll create our thing next door”, threatens an outgoing deputy. This anger is heard by Xavier Bertrand who said this this week to the young people he spoke to on the phone: “You need to take power, and I will do everything to help you.” Already in this role of career manager for the right of tomorrow.