Presidential Election 2022: Valérie Pécresse attacks Emmanuel Macron and his “Fivennial for almost nothing

In a press conference, Tuesday, the nomination candidate of the right for the presidential election has criticized “inaction” and the “failure” of the President of the Republic

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A six-month-six months of the presidential election. Often perceived as “macron-compatible”, the nomination candidate of the right for the presidential election, Valérie Pécresse, fell the President of the Republic and his assessment, Tuesday, October 19, during a press conference. The President of the Ile-de-France region criticized “the inaction” and the “failure” of Emmanuel Macron, who “Cramed the Caisse” during a “Quinquennate for almost nothing”, in Paris, In his Campaign HQ.

“France lost five years,” she said, believing that the head of state “has the words of the right, but at no time does the acts”. “On vision, credibility, competence, the President of the Republic has spoken a lot and has done little,” she continued.

During his press conference, M me felt that Mr. Macron “failed to reform France” in multiple areas: security where “he left impunity. Install “, Justice Where” The criminal disarmament set up by Christiane Taubira continued, “the” weakness “in the fight against irregular immigration, the” fragilized “school … the head of state” Fragilized the pillars of the Republic “and” had trembling hand “in the face of the Islamist threat, also assured. And on the finances “he crashed the box”, while “we could have mitigate the shock of this crisis to much lower cost,” she repeated.

M me Pécresse, who will have to win the voters of the Republicans (LR) activists at the Congress of December 4 if she wants to become the candidate of the right to the presidential election of 2022, tried Disengaged from the “Macron-Compatible” label, which has been able to be contiguous. “I feel like a woman to shoot down for Macronia and one of the most dangerous candidates for Emmanuel Macron,” she assured, wishing “that the voters of the right and center open your eyes “. Emmanuel Macron “was inspired by Machiavel, who said that governing is to make believe; but govern, it is to do,” she said, defending a project supported on “three pillars: authority, freedom, dignity “.

Breakfast between candidates

Before this press conference, M me Pécresse met Tuesday morning at the headquarters of Republicans, in Paris, to appear with the other candidates at the Republicans Congress. President LR, Christian Jacob, had invited him with Xavier Bertrand, Michel Barnier, Eric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin and Denis Payre for a breakfast, the first of the genre since the formalization of their nominations.

“The congress is the opportunity of the rally, this morning was one of the steps. There will be others,” said Xavier Bertrand, who accepted a week ago to comply with Congress mechanics, after several months of refusal. “Today the Republicans become the pillar party of the reconquest and the alternation, because when we widen we win, and we will win”, on his side asserted Valérie Pécresse.

This meeting occurs a few days after Mr. Bertrand and M – Pécresse announced that they would resume their card at LR, which they left in 2017 and 2019 respectively. In a “very cordial” atmosphere, according to Michel Barnier, the meeting allowed to “evoke in detail the organization of the debates”, around the words of “unit, responsibility and gathering”. The question of television debates will be in particular decided “Wednesday morning”, on the number, form, and on the date “before or after the 4” November which marks the deadline for deposit of sponsorships, “said Mr. Jacob at the Exit breakfast.

/Media reports.