LR interim chair Annie Genevard announced on Sunday that she will not run for her party’s leadership in December, believing her candidacy would prevent her from taking on her “referee role” in the process.
“I am not a candidate for the presidency of LR, because precisely in the function of referee that is mine, in this period that I occupy the function of president, in this period of internal election, I think that would add confusion,” he said. explained in France 3.
“I thought so, of course”
At the end of July, the interim president had not ruled out presenting her candidacy to the elections scheduled for December 3, which will confront the deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes, Eric Ciotti, with the head of senators LR Bruno Retailleau, with probably for challenge number 3 of the match Aurélien Pradié.
“I thought about it, of course (but) that meant giving up the presidency that I exercise, giving up that role of reassuring referee that is also my function,” acknowledged the Doubs deputy.
“I will be there tomorrow with the future president to help rebuild our political family,” he said, sharply criticizing President Emmanuel Macron’s energy policy.
His party would not vote for the budget
“We are all affected by an energy crisis that is largely the result of an aberrant policy that has endangered what was the flagship of French energy, French energy sovereignty, which is the nuclear sector. Absolutely dramatic,” he said. Annie Genevard.
He also confirmed that his party would not vote for the budget: “When you are in the opposition and you vote for the budget, you are no longer in the opposition,” he explained.
Source: BFM TV
