Bruno Retailleau made a “confidence” to Europe 1 on Tuesday. “If Nicolas Sarkozy wants to leave Les Républicains (LR), let him do it,” declared who aspires to the presidency of his political formation. Then the leader of the LR senators at the Luxembourg Palace to develop:
“I understand that all those who have put a lot of energy into the re-election of Emmanuel Macron do not want me to be president. […] They know I will never commit to that.”
An entry in reference to the election of Nicolas Sarkozy during the between two rounds. The former President of the Republic had supported Emmanuel Macron while calling on his in-laws to “get out of partisan habits and reflexes.”
“Fidelity to the values of the republican right and our culture of government must lead us to respond to Emmanuel Macron’s call for a rally ahead of the presidential elections,” he had developed.
“I will not stop you”
LR management had chosen a different strategy. “You cannot vote for Marine Le Pen,” said Christian Jacob, then head of the party, on the night of the first round without directly calling for a vote for Emmanuel Macron.
The launch of Bruno Retailleau on the airwaves of Europe 1 follows an echo published in The express. In the weekly we can read that “a right-wing elected official, whom he recently received [Nicolas Sarkozy] launched that he would leave this party completely if the Vendéen became its president”.
“If you really, Mr. President of the Republic, say what I have read, I will not stop you,” insisted Bruno Retailleau. Referring to the sentence pronounced by François Mitterrand on Valéry Giscard d’Estaing during the debate between the two rounds of the 1981 presidential election, the elected official declared: “Our past is our responsibility.” A way to denounce the elections of the right in recent years.
“Certainly, we made the 35-hour tax exemption, but we didn’t abandon it, the 35-hours. Certainly, we made the minimum penalties, but we abandoned the double penalty. regional health agencies) that bureaucratized health”, later developed the elected official.
“Many activists were shocked by the attitude of Nicolas Sarkozy”
“Nicolas Sarkozy and Bruno Retailleau, it’s not the same right,” says our political columnist Mathieu Croissandeau on BFMTV. The former is thus “more liberal” than the latter, who is the champion of a “very conservative right”.
“Bruno Retailleau was the first lieutenant of François Fillon, Nicolas Sarkozy’s opponent in 2016 [lors de la primaire des LR en vue de la présidentielle de 2017, ndlr]”explains our editorialist.
A question the day after this position: is Bruno Retailleau risking two months of his party’s congress? Not according to Mathieu Croissandeau. He recalls that “many activists were shocked by Nicolas Sarkozy’s attitude” in the presidential elections against Valérie Pécresse, the LR candidate. The former head of state had notably refused to support him publicly.
“Nicolas Sarkozy’s influence has vanished”
Mathieu Croissandeau also believes that “Nicolas Sarkozy’s influence has faded.” “There are these legal problems, but also the fact that ten years after his defeat [à la présidentielle de 2012 contre François Hollande, ndlr]it doesn’t scare anyone anymore.” The proof: Bruno Retailleau isn’t the only one to come out of the woods.
“Nicolas Sarkozy belongs to the past of the Republicans”, Aurélien Pradié, number 3 of LR and, himself, candidate for the presidency of the party, had declared for example in CNews last July. In any case, Nicolas Sarkozy will not be able to vote during the congress. He did not withdraw his LR card in 2022, according to information from the Parisian.
Source: BFM TV
