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Valérie Létard encouraged to assume the presidency of the UDI


While the UDI summer school is held to date, the question of the succession of Jean-Christophe Lagarde arises, embroiled in legal troubles. The candidacy of Valenciennes senator Valérie Létard goes on.

By Julien Lécuyer (with AFP)

– Published: September 10, 2022 at 11:58 am

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It’s his role, it’s his moment. For Northern Senator Olivier Henno is flawless: Valérie Létard, vice president of the upper house since 2017, must run for the presidency of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI). Nordic support for another Nordic? Not only. The Orchies native, twice Secretary of State under Nicolas Sarkozy, can count on strong support within the centrist party, which is making its return and celebrating its 10th anniversary in Reims.

Interim president of UDI since June, Hervé Marseille does not hide his willingness to carry on the candidacy of Valérie Létard, while maintaining an important role at his side. Officially, the weather is not in the countryside. said Hervé Marseille to the Public SenateThursday, his desire to gather troops by the end of the year to ” reconfirm a manager “.

Lagarde, “blocking factor”

But it’s never too early to talk about the future, while Jean-Christophe Lagarde, embroiled in his legal troubles, no longer seems able to write the lines. Absent in Reims, the former deputy of Seine-Saint-Denis sees the clouds gather. The election of him to the city council of Drancy was deleted, and was taken into police custody Wednesday as part of investigations into Le Point’s false allegations against LFI MPs Raquel Garrido and Alexis Corbière. All this before a falling judgment suspicion of misappropriation of public funds.

However, he hasn’t left his position as president, keeping a middle ground that makes people shiver. ” It has become a blocking factor
“Says an elected official in Reims.

However, at a time when the landscape is being redrawn on the right with the election of the future president of Lr, the Udi intends to play its card to regain the center-right. And, who knows? By reforming an alliance with the Centrists of Hervé Morinwhich became impossible under the presidency of Lagarde.

“The candidacy of Valérie Létard can be a precious data to relaunch our party”

As part of a new collective impetus, and given its impact and charisma, the candidacy of Valérie Létard for the presidency of the UDI can be a valuable piece of information to relaunch our party. “Judge Olivier Henno, who highlights the qualities of facilitator of the elected Valenciennes, president of UDI Nord. ” Valérie is not a “maximum leader”. She is not one who isolates herself. Her government in Valenciennes testifies to this. And the former mayor of Saint-André added: Your candidacy might seem natural. Another way of saying she might be the only one showing up.

The interested party, whose name circulated in May for Matignon, insists on the need to ” go back to the fundamentals of what UDI was at its foundation with Jean-Louis Borloo “, When the party brought together the New Center, the Radical Party… before the departure of Hervé Morin’s movement in 2017 after the disagreements with Jean-Christophe Lagarde.

Valérie Létard must attend the return of Hervé Morin this Sunday. A sign of ecumenism that she says a lot about the desire for change, and about the personality of her that she could embody it.

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