Laurent Wauquiez declines the presidency of the Republicans but sets the course for 2027

Laurent Wauquiez, LR president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. THOMAS COEX / AFP

LE FIGARO INFO – The LR president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region announced his decision on Facebook on Sunday, inviting his political family to “write the French awakening”.

Laurent Wauquiez has made his decision. He gives up running for the presidency of the Republicans but remains focused on the next presidential election.

The president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region announced his choice on Sunday on the social network Facebook, while for several days many, behind the scenes within the LR movement, sensed the imminence of this clarification, as Le Figaro indicated in its edition this weekend.

Today, after much thought, I decided not to be a candidate for the presidency of the Republicans“, he writes over a long message of seven pages. “This choiceexplains Laurent Wauquiez, I do it because I believe that we must devote all our energy to this overhaul to which our country aspires. Such a requirement does not support any dispersion. You have to give yourself totally“. Further, he adds:It would no doubt have been easier for me to assume the presidency of the Republicans again. In politics, it is said, the trend…

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