Ciotti reaffirms that he will support “the candidate of his political family” if he does not win the LR Congress
If he loses in the second round of the LR congress, Eric Ciotti said he “will support the candidate of [s]a political family and no one else “in the presidential election.
On the other hand, if there is no longer an LR candidate in the second round of the presidential election, the deputy for the Alpes-Maritimes announced that he would support Eric Zemmour, if the polemicist succeeds.
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The American Embassy advises its employees against approaching antifa protests
Éric Zemmour will hold his first meeting on Sunday in Villepinte, at the Parc des Expositions. The American Embassy advises its employees not to approach places where antifa groups are called to demonstrate
According to police sources, the demonstration and the meeting at the Parc des Expositions are considered “at risk”. The police are expecting a few thousand people in Paris and a hundred ultra-left activists in Villepinte where they fear clashes.
140,000 members called to vote
Nearly 140,000 members are called to vote for Eric Ciotti or Valérie Pécresse. Turnout promises to be high, since it already reached 61.7% on Friday at 6:00 p.m.
If Ciotti won first place in the first round, the outgoing candidates mostly supported Valérie Pécresse, carrier of a line considered more unifying. She notably recorded the rallying of 170 parliamentarians, according to her team.
Valérie Pécresse or Eric Ciotti?
The ballot, open Friday at 8 a.m. to nominate the LR candidate for the 2022 presidential election, closes this Saturday at 2 p.m. The result is to be announced half an hour later by party chairman Christian Jacob.
In the first round, Eric Ciotti came in first with 25.6% of the routes, ahead of Valérie Pécresse who qualified with 25% of the votes.