While most political formations organized meetings Sunday, the candidate the Republicans wanted to make a public meeting in videoconference.
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Funny presidential campaign than that of 2022. Positive at COVID-19, Valérie Pécresse had to cancel all his movements to respect the regulatory isolation period. But two weeks of the ballot, the candidate of the right, which is now fifth in the polls, behind Eric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon, could not afford to do nothing. Especially since Sunday, March 27 was rich in gatherings and other meetings of all kinds for all political formations.
In particular, it was necessary to answer one way or another to the old far-right polemist Eric Zemmour, who continues to claim from the right to better drag the constituents of the party the Republicans (LR) , and which brought together Sunday tens of thousands of people Place du Trocadéro, in Paris. A very clear allusion to François Fillon had organized by François Fillon a few days before the 2017 presidential election. “Valérie Pécresse is not the kind to lose a day even covid, while being respectful of the sanitary rules”, thus argued. His director of communication, MEPO GEOFFROY DIDIER.
So it’s on a blue background, alone since its HQ, that Valérie Pécresse has invited its potential voters to a meeting on the zoom videoconferencing site. Participants, among a little more than 5,000 according to the team, were called upon to ask questions. An hour and a half during which the candidate, obviously still tired, has grown his measures in response to requests from each other.
“It’s certainly not right!”
In the introduction, Valérie Pécresse tried to conjure the scenario that is drawn from a second round that would see Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen again: “I came to tell you not to let you fly this election, “She said. The outgoing president wants a face-to-face with the extremes because it is sure to win. With a Navy Le Pen, a Zemmour or a Mélenchon, it’s survival insurance.” / p>
The candidate LR also required to answer Twitter at Eric Zemmour, reproaching him not to have reacted to the cry of “macron assassin” of a person present at the meeting: “Eric Zemmour leaves a crowd” Macron Assassin Macron “. I combat with force the outgoing president, but let a murderous opponent deal with, it’s dangerous for the Republic. It’s certainly not right!”
In the coming days, the candidate will attempt to catch up on the agenda by emphasizing the themes of security and purchasing power. The challenge: Differentiate from Emmanuel Macron, but also overtake Eric Zemmour. The place in the second round seems already out of reach.