Renaud Muselier no longer has the support of the LR federation of the Alpes-Maritimes



Renaud Muselier, outgoing president of the PACA region, in Marseille on May 14, 2021. – Alain ROBERT / SIPA

The quarrel continues among the Republicans about the strategy to be adopted with LREM for the next elections, especially in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The LR federation of Alpes-Maritimes, led by deputy Eric Ciotti, announced on Monday that it was withdrawing its support for the regional elections from Renaud Muselier’s list on which are candidates from the presidential majority.

“We have, despite the commitments that had been made before the national investiture commission, noted that Renaud Muselier had reached a political agreement with the Macronian power”, estimate the Republicans of the Alpes-Maritimes in a motion adopted by 84% of the members of the departmental party committee. Renaud Muselier has not yet wished to react.

“An insult to activists”

Referring to the opening of the right-wing list to LREM candidates, this motion denounces an agreement “directly negotiated and imposed by the Elysee to try to destabilize our political family within a year of the presidential elections”. “This alliance constitutes an insult to the militants and to our candidates engaged in the departmental elections”, continues the motion adopted by the representatives of this federation which claims to be the first in France. Some 12% of committee members opposed this motion and 4% abstained.

Friday, during the presentation of his list “Our region first”, the outgoing president of the region Renaud Muselier had criticized some members of LR opposed to the opening of his list to fifteen members of the presidential majority. According to him, they “question the red line” no compromise with the National Front “”. Eric “Ciotti continues his work of demolition of our political family”, for his part regretted Monday Pierre-Paul Leonelli, deputy mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi. “Tonight he disoriented the activists and here is what awaits us: abstention”, he criticized. According to this LR regional councilor, out of the 3,280 voters of the federation, only 240 voted for Eric Ciotti’s motion.



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