Michel Barnier at Le Figaro: “I want only one candidate in the end and that it be Bruno Retailleau”
In an interview with Le Figaro, the former Prime Minister expressed his confidence in the candidate.
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Michel Barnier reaffirms his support for Bruno Retailleau for the 2027 presidential election, underlining his ability to unite and his incarnation of the values of a modern, European and reforming republican right.
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Why It Matters
Michel Barnier expresses his political support for Bruno Retailleau for the presidential election of 2027.
LE FIGARO.- You support Bruno Retailleau in the 2027 presidential election. What are his chances of winning?
Michel BARNIER.- My confidence in Bruno Retailleau and his ability to progress, to be the man to bring people together, is intact. I see him campaigning day after day, making clear proposals, expressing his ideas and his proposals with great sincerity. Beyond his own campaign, something is changing in the general mood towards him. I believe that the center of gravity of French society is where the values of a modern republican right are found, which is self-confident, European and ready to reform the country.
There is an eternal France which must keep its soul and live with the times. And Bruno Retailleau is the one who best expresses this idea.
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