Bruno Retailleau mentioned he had “A little sacrificed” His Vendée at her double agenda as an inside minister and candidate since February. But the consequence was value it. At 64, former quantity two of Philippe de Villiers and François Fillon was elected, Sunday, May 18, president of the Les Républicains (LR) occasion with 74.3 % in opposition to his solely opponent, Laurent Wauquiez (25.7 %) after a digital vote organized on Saturday and Sunday.
The second try will subsequently have been the fitting one for the previous senator from Vendée, overwhelmed in December 2022 by an Eric Ciotti strongly supported by Laurent Wauquiez. Coming to the UMP (the ancestor of LR) in 2010, Bruno Retailleau has lengthy been perceived as a bit reported within the Gaullist coaching, the too conservative distant cousin. Of historic historical past. When the previous boss of Senators LR repeats “That immigration is not a chance for the country”nobody is offended within the occasion. His opponent did every little thing to double him by the fitting. In the final days of the marketing campaign, Mr. Wauquiez erected the president of the Italian council, Giorgia Meloni, “In model for the right” and proposed to restrict energetic solidarity revenue to 2 years “To fight against assistantship”.
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