largely re-elected in the Alpes-Maritimes, the finalist of the LR Congress, holding a very right-hand line, wants to make himself essential in the reconstruction of the party.
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Finally, it is him, under a burning sun and a rain of confetti. At 56, Eric Ciotti saved his seat in the first district of the Alpes-Maritimes against the “walker” Graig Monetti, young (29 years old) and still little known but supported by the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, of which he is the Youth assistant. The outgoing deputy, holding a very right -handed line, therefore leaves for a fourth term, with 56.33 % of the votes. “I am happy to tell you my re-election”, a-t -It tweeted without waiting, shortly after 8:30 p.m., Sunday 19 June.
A demonstrative relief for the one who had come to the lead at the Les Républicains party Congress (LR) in the fall of 2021, before being beaten by Valérie Pécresse, and who dreams of continuing her national ascent. At the beginning of the evening, in a café du Port, a few meters from his parliamentary permanence which serves him as a HQ, the outgoing deputy did not hide his concern, in front of a vittel “without ice cubes”.
His re -election, already very difficult in 2017 against a macronist candidate, was far from being acquired five years later: if he benefited from a six -point lead – much less than hoped for his opponent ‘Together ! On the evening of the first round, it is in his constituency in the process of gentrification – which covers the historic heart of Nice, part of the center and the east of the city – that Emmanuel Macron had produced his best score in the Alps -Maritimes. Sunday, June 12, the Nuts also obtained more than 20 % of the votes. “I have a profile that can mobilize them against it, there can be a reflex:” We’re going to hit Ciotti “”, confided the interested party before closing the offices, rubbing a finger of the left hand, him of intense nervousness. “I am naturally worried,” he is readily recognized.
The day after the first round, Eric Ciotti had also received the embarrassing support of the former identity and former RN Philippe Vardon, supported by reconquest! And beaten in the first round in Nice. What had allowed Christian Estrosi, with whom Eric Ciotti has been waving for more than a decade, and his affidues to call the voters to block the far right, in the name of the republican front.
“Everest by the north face”
At 8 p.m., Eric Ciotti locks himself for half an hour on the first floor of his permanence, to study the results, office by office. In the corridor, members of his team see the first estimates falling down which give several heavyweights from the macronist camp to the carpet, such as Christophe Castaner and Richard Ferrand. “It is incredible, Macron will have all dynamic,” observes Eric Ciotti, discovering the contours of the future assembly, before immersing himself in the flying leaves that are brought to him as the votes are stripped. After long minutes, he finally lifts his head and smiles: “It’s good!”
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