Arnaud Montebourg at the inauguration of an organic almond plantation, in Sallèles-d’Aude on March 4, 2021. – PASCAL RODRIGUEZ / SIPA
What will Arnaud Montebourg do during the 2022 presidential election? If he has not declared himself a candidate, others take it upon himself to campaign for him. The MRC, founded by Jean-Pierre Chevènement, announced on Wednesday that it was supporting the former socialist minister.
Faced with Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen “who want to reiterate the duel of 2017 and to build a credible, resolutely republican and left-wing alternative, the Republican and Citizen Movement wants Arnaud Montebourg to present his candidacy for the next presidential election” and ” supports it, ”writes the MRC in a press release.
” The man for the job “
According to Jean-Luc Laurent, president of this party, “Arnaud Montebourg is the man for the job to embody the power of a patriotism that brings us together: that which is opposed to the prevailing defeatism and the bowed heads of the liberals who want us. sell by cut ”. On the political spectrum, the MRC is allied with the Republican and Socialist Left of Emmanuel Maurel, MEP of the delegation of La France Insoumise, and Marie-Noëlle Lienneman, senator.
For the moment the person concerned does not reveal his intentions, while remaining present in the public debate. Arnaud Montebourg has thus resumed his interventions in the media following a break after contracting Covid-19, said his entourage. On Monday, he discussed nuclear power, which he defends for the ecological transition, with the EELV mayor of Grenoble Eric Piolle, at the invitation of the online media Reporterre.