Hervé Morin alerts the right and the center and calls for a large open primary for 2027
In a letter sent to Édouard Philippe, Bruno Retailleau, Gabriel Attal and David Lisnard, the president of the Normandy region warns against the dispersion of applications.
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Hervé Morin sent a letter to Édouard Philippe, Bruno Retailleau, Gabriel Attal and David Lisnard to alert them to the risk of dispersion of candidates from the right and the center, while proposing the organization of an open primary before the end of the year.
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Why It Matters
Hervé Morin alerts figures from the right and the center to the danger of a multitude of candidates for the next presidential election.
The same letter with the same message: “Time is running out.” Monday, September 7, Édouard Philippe, Bruno Retailleau, Gabriel Attal and David Lisnard each received a letter from Hervé Morin, alerting them to “the number of candidates from the ranks of the right and the center” which would lead “inevitably to dispersion in the first round and to disappearance in the second.” “There are many of us who do not accept this nightmare scenario,” says the president of the Normandy region.
As he did in our columns, Hervé Morin urges the contenders for the Élysée to organize a “grand open primary” before the end of the year. “No one should fear this prospect as long as it is part of an open and non-partisan democratic debate,” we read in these missives that Le Figaro was able to consult.
As an annex to the letter, the former Minister of Defense attached a “first draft” of a “charter of fundamental principles” to which the candidates must subscribe before…
Open Questions
- How did the recipients react to this primary proposal?
- What are the details of the charter of fundamental principles?
