The president of the PACA region supported the candidacy of Xavier Bertrand to the Congress party Republicans (LR), while qualifying Eric Ciotti “sock puppet” of the extreme right.
Le Monde with AFP
Xavier Bertrand has not missed an opportunity to demonstrate that he defends the unity of his party since he has returned. The President of the Hauts-de-France, nomination contestant Republicans (LR) for the presidential election, rejected, Tuesday, November 23, the support shown by his counterpart in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d Azur (PACA), Muselier, condemning the attacks of the latter, to rival Eric Ciotti.
an interview with the newspaper Le Parisien , released Tuesday, Muselier had earlier in the day brought support to Xavier Bertrand, a “good president of region”, “to the experience.” He had the opportunity to challenge the candidacy of his local rival, Eric Ciotti, calling it a “sock puppet” of the extreme right. A few days earlier, before the election of David Lisnard at the head of the Association of Mayors of France (AMF), Mr. Muselier had also criticized the aedile of Cannes in a letter to the mayors and asked to vote for his competitor deemed “Macron-compatible”.
“unacceptable attacks”
It is precisely these attacks on two figures of Republicans who have been convicted by Xavier Bertrand, in a tweet published late Tuesday. “Muselier chose to support me, but I can not accept the terms. His attacks against Eric Ciotti and David Lisnard are unacceptable,” he has written.
“From December 4, I intend to campaign all candidates, including my friend Eric Ciotti. Nobody will make me reconsider this decision,” said the president of the Hauts-de-France in a second message.
. @ RenaudMuselier chose to support me, but I can not accept the terms. His attacks against … https://t.co/MeaxNRcqAu
Muselier, decried by the right wing of the Republicans party (LR) for its proximity to the Emmanuel Macron line had advanced in the interview that Xavier Bertrand “respects our values, unlike some of our executives who betray our heritage. ” Adding that it “will never have the trembling hand against the extreme right”, it is strongly taken Éric Ciotti claiming that it has “the ability to send signals to the far right “.
” Ni worthy or the height “according Barnier
Re-elected at the head of the PACA region in June, especially after the delisting Republic on (LRM) before the first round, Muselier assured that if the Alpes-Maritimes MP won the conference LR his party on December 4, he would go “directly to Macron” before tempering: “it will never happen, I am quiet”
m. Ciotti hit back in the day on Twitter these about, calling the president of the PACA region “point man Macron” and condemning the attacks pronounced “in filthy and vulgar words” against him and that of David Lisnard. “Is Xavier Bertrand accept this support and valid such attacks?” He shouted at the end of the message.
Another title contender Michel Barnier has also responded to about Muselier by tweet some time after the response from the president of the region Hauts-de-France. Welcoming the debate between candidates have given so far, “an image of unity and respect”, he condemns the attacks against his “friends Eric Ciotti and David Lisnard” attack he deems “neither worthy nor the height of collective responsibility “for his political family.