Virginie Calmels resigns from the candidacy for the head of the Republicans (LR), announcement in the Sunday newspaper the former number 2 of the party, denouncing a vote according to her “partial”. On August 29, the High Authority of LR had rejected the candidacy of Virginie Calmels, arguing that she was not up to date with her contribution as of July 22, 2022.
Since then, the decision has been invalidated by the courts, but another difficulty arose later, Virginie Calmels requested the postponement of the dates of the vote, scheduled for December 3 and 4 for the first round, in order to have time to campaign, which LR refused. “Not wanting to condone these multiple legal irregularities and these political maneuvers with my participation in this election, I have decided to withdraw,” she told the JDD. I bow to this tartufería.
She will not participate in the campaign.
He also announces his desire not to participate in the campaign, whose declared candidates are the deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti, the head of senators LR Bruno Retailleau, the general secretary of LR Aurélien Pradié and the mayor of Orleans Serge Grouard.
According to Virginie Calmels, “some are pulling the strings behind the scenes to install Eric Ciotti at the head of the party and immediately proclaim Laurent Wauquiez as LR’s candidate for president in 2027. My candidacy was a grain of sand in the gears of a stage that I wanted well oiled”.
Virginie Calmels, of a liberal sensibility, was an assistant to Alain Juppé in Bordeaux. She had been fired from her in June 2018 by Laurent Wauquiez, then head of her party, and was in open conflict with her. Former Endemol Monde CEO Virginie Calmels joined luxury real estate group Barnes in 2019 and launched a digital school in 2020.
Source: BFM TV
