During a trip-tribute to the “harkis” in Nîmes on Friday March 18, the candidate LR Valérie Pécresse replied curtly to Emmanuel Macron, who implied that he could appoint her Prime Minister of his government at the to come up.
While the President of the Republic presented, Thursday, March 17 in Aubervilliers, his program during a press conference in front of an audience of seasoned journalists, many commentators – and politicians – saw borrowings from Valérie’s LR program. Pécresse. Apolline de Malherbe, who received spokesperson Gabriel Attal on RMC on Friday morning, also asked him the question. The latter, a little embarrassed ended up answering: “Perhaps there are proposals that are in other programs, but they are not approached in the same way. »
However, the day before, a journalist had asked Emmanuel Macron if “Valérie Pécresse or another right-wing candidate could be part of his government? “. Response from the interested party? “I don’t rule anything out. The media, in addition to pointing out the similarities of the two programs – notably on retirement at 65 or the RSA – jumped at the chance and asked the principal concerned what she thought of it.
“His balance sheet is his ball and chain”
Traveling to Nîmes to pay tribute to the “harkis” – the Algerians who fought alongside the French army during the Algerian war and who were then abandoned by France -, Valérie Pécresse explained: “Me President of the Republic, I will not take him as minister. Minister of the Interior ? With 32% increase in violence? Minister of Immigration with 272,000 residence permits issued? Minister of Energy with the abandonment of nuclear power? Minister of Agriculture with the “farm to fork” program? Minister of the Economy with 1,000 billion in debt? Where do you want us to take it. Me my program, it is a courageous program which will restore the authority, will reduce the debt and will make the reforms. »
This sequence was then taken up on his Twitter account. Candidate LR even added in the description: “His balance sheet is his ball. “A firm and direct response to potential appeals from the foot that the outgoing president could make to him.
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