It only took Valérie Pécresse a month to repay her loan.
The Republican candidate had sought the generosity of the French after her result of 4.78% of the votes in the presidential elections, the latter not reaching the 5% mark, the threshold from which the government reimburses campaign expenses. .
According to Le Parisien and Le Figaro, she would have received the 5.1 million euros that she must repay to the bank.
The former presidential candidate obtained more precisely 3.3 million euros in donations from individuals while the Republicans brought the sum of 1.2 million euros. The remaining 600,000 euros will be provided by the State, an amount to which candidates who do not reach 5% are entitled.
She shared in a message: “Your outpouring of solidarity touched me. I will never forget him. »
Pécresse, during his appeal for donations, had refused to cash a check for 2,000 euros from Nicolas Sarkozy because he had not supported her during the campaign.
The former President of the Republic would have even made scathing remarks in private concerning his score.
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