Rachida Dati and Emmanuel Grégoire need to impose the concept of ​​a two-person match | EUROtoday

Triangular, quadrangular, quinquangular? Forget the a number of situations and attainable configurations for the second spherical of municipal elections in Paris: “The only duel in March is Rachida Dati against Emmanuel Grégoire”i.e. the candidate Les Républicains (LR) towards that of the Socialist Party (PS) and the Union of the Left. At least, that is what Valérie Pécresse asserted all through the weekend, repeating over and over that “the division [était] an fool lure » till the climax of a giant activist assembly of the LR federation of Paris, Sunday January 18, on the Maison de la Mutualité.

The LR president of the Ile-de-France area was not the one one to strongly insist on this level throughout this occasion which appeared like a gathering for Rachida Dati with out saying the identify. Beyond the fitting, it’s even the one space of ​​convergence between the LR candidate and her socialist opponent: each need to impose the concept that the match can be performed between them and between them alone, every fearing to see their electoral market share eaten away by the “small” candidates.

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