The member of the Alpes-Maritimes created the surprise by bringing together 25.6% of the votes. But the president of the Ile-de-France region (25%) received support from Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand and Philippe Juvin.
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The Republican Party (LR) is definitely surprised. After the elimination of Nicolas Sarkozy from the first round of the 2016 primary, here is that the right-wing activists qualified, in the final of their internal designation process for the presidential election, a duet that little was waiting. After more than 30 hours of voting and eight weeks of an intense campaign, it is the member for the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti and the President of the Ile-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, who arrive first and second, a few Voice of difference, with 25.6% respectively and 25% of the vote. Either in a handkerchief.
Xavier Bertrand, who had stated in March and long hesitated before embarking on this process that had everything from primary except the name, was dryly eliminate. He finished fourth, behind the ex-European Commissioner Michel Barnier, the two men collecting respectively 22.3% and 23.9% of the vote. For its part, Philippe Juvin totaled 3.13%.
It is in a singular atmosphere, the surprise reading on the dark faces of the members of the party management, that the President of the party LR, Christian Jacob, delivered the results, shortly after 2.30 pm standing in A room of the second floor full to crack, the member for Seine-et-Marne welcomed “the very beautiful rally image” given by LR during this campaign. As well as the participation of 80.89%, with the vote of 113,038 members online. A few minutes earlier, he had written a personal message to each of the five candidates to inform them himself of their result.
The immediate rallying of Bertrand
Everyone in his respective HQ – rue de Turin, in Paris, for Valérie Pécresse, Rue Montalivet for Michel Barnier, Rue Theodule-Ribot for Xavier Bertrand, its accommodation in La Garenne-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine) for Philippe Juvin, and the questure for Eric Ciotti – the candidates waited for several hours that the white smoke sort of the fireplaces of the street of Vaugirard, at the party headquarters. Earlier in the day, they had all sent a representative for the descent of the digital ballot box, which took place after the vote stop at 2 pm in an office of 4 e floor Headquarters.
Once informed of the result, Xavier Bertrand has announced it to his teams, before quickly make public his support for Valérie Pécresse for the second round. “I thank the members The republicans who have trusted me. For the second round, I will vote Valérie Pécresse and I call Gathering behind her, “he soberly tweeted at 2:51 pm. A rallying to which Philippe Juvin was very quickly added and, a little later, that of Michel Barnier. The Brexit negotiator took longer to bring together his teams but also, and above all, to digest his elimination, to which he did not expect, persew the bad languages, Thursday afternoon.
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