This time there is no more ambiguity. The president of the deputies Les Républicains (LR), Laurent Wauquiez, in the running for the presidency of his party, clearly expressed, Thursday, March 13, of his desire to access the “Responsibilities” of the “Presidency of the Republic” in an interview with daily La Dépêche du Midi.
“My goal is to rebuild my country (…) I want to be in the responsibilities that allow it to be done and in our country, there is a position where things are decided, it is the presidency of the Republic ”he said during a trip to Toulouse as part of his campaign for the Presidency of LR.
Before that, he will appear before the members of the right party, who will have to choose in mid-May who from him or the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, unless new candidacy before March 18, will take the head of LR two years before the presidential election of 2027.
The two men have already exchanged some arms passes. Laurent Wauquiez notably deplored, Wednesday, comments “Unhappy” of his rival, who had declared “The dogs bark, the quiet caravan passes” In reference to doubts issued by the deputy of Haute-Loire towards him.
“I’m sure he regrets” This sentence, still assured Mr. Wauquiez Thursday in La Dépêche du Midi, Recognizing, however, that the Minister of the Interior had not apologized to him.