Some will say that the timing has been carefully chosen. While the members of LR, his former party, were voting this Wednesday morning to nominate their candidate for the next presidential election, Christian Estrosi announced that he was joining Horizons, the training launched by Edouard Philippe.
“I join the only political organization which can today legitimately claim the legacy of the RPR, the UMP and the Republicans and carry our values of the right and the center”, declared the mayor of Nice , who was attending a public meeting in his town with the former Prime Minister. A rally that opposes “no incompatibility”, according to Christian Estrosi, to say: “yes I am on the right and I do not apologize! “
By joining today @EPhilippe_LH within@HorizonsLeParti, I join the only political organization which can today legitimately claim the heritage of the RPR, the UMP and the Republicans and carry our values of the right and the center. pic.twitter.com/ARqXlBWfQI
– Christian Estrosi (@cestrosi) December 1, 2021
In the “common house of the majority”
Edouard Philippe launched this movement in October to broaden the base of supporters ofEmmanuel Macron. One of the “clear lines is support for the President of the Republic”, he explained when it was launched. Horizons has already integrated “Together citizens! “: The common house of the majority launched Monday.
“Out of consistency and loyalty, I decided that La France audacieuse, this movement of local elected officials that I created, would be part of the common house which foreshadows a new majority,” Christian Estrosi also announced on Wednesday.