Sophie Cluzel will be the LREM candidate for the regional in Paca – MATHIEU PATTIER / SIPA
After the explosion caused within the Republicans by the announcement of a merger between Renaud Muselier and LREM en Paca, Secretary of State Sophie Cluzel finally takes the opposite view of Jean Castex. She says this Friday morning that she will be a candidate.
“I am the candidate of the presidential majority, which will be represented in the first round” of the regional elections, she explained on France Info.
” Let’s work together “
Five days earlier, the Prime Minister had however announced to the Sunday newspaper that the Secretary of State in charge of disabled people, leader appointed by LREM in the region, withdrew in favor of the outgoing LR president, Renaud Muselier. An arrangement by then integrating several members of the LREM list on that led by the current president of the regional council.
Faced with the outcry caused at LR, Renaud Muselier had guaranteed that his list would not include any minister or LREM parliamentarian. And Sophie Cluzel today excludes leaving the government to be able to appear there. She also says that she regrets that Jean Castex’s response to “the outstretched hand of Renaud Muselier” has “unleashed some male egos” in the Parisian staff of LR.
She is also calling on the mayors of Toulon and Nice, Hubert Falco and Christian Estrosi, who have announced their departure from LR in recent hours. “Let’s work with everyone’s skills,” she also declared on France Info. She indicates that her list is open “to all democratic and progressive forces”.