
Faced with the absence of a common ballot, the presidential contenders are trying to organize a vote to decide between the candidates from the central bloc and the right.
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The center and right political blocs are seeking to nominate their candidates for the next presidential election without an established official framework.
In the absence, at this stage, of a common designation ballot, the holding of which remains hypothetical despite numerous calls to this effect, the center and the right are each the scene of a wild primary.
On one side, between Édouard Philippe (Horizons) and Gabriel Attal (Renaissance) in the central block. On the other, between Bruno Retailleau (Les Républicains) and David Lisnard (Nouvelle Énergie) on the right. Two parallel battles which, failing to be decided at the polls, are being played out in the polls, with each presidential team monitoring the slightest fluctuations like milk on fire.
To break the deadlock, Senator LR proposed on Tuesday by mail to the three other contenders a vote in two rounds, on January 31 and February 7, revealed Le Figaro. The campaign directors of Gabriel Attal, Bruno Retailleau and David Lisnard are due to meet on November 17 to talk about it. We still have to bend the boss of Horizons, the only one of the four to refuse this competition so far.
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Campaign managers meeting on November 17.
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