LR Inauguration candidates for the presidential election have debated for the first time on Monday evening on LCI.Exchanges without bursts, but punctuated by a certain number of tackles slipped.
Lionel Paolilpaoli@nicematin.fr Publié le 09/11/2021 à 06:02, mis à jour le 09/11/2021 à 06:04Michel Barnier, Xavier Bertrand, Éric Ciotti, Philippe Juvin and Valérie Pécresse invented a new game, Monday evening, on the LCI set: the Mikado Human.The first one that moves - or rather that tackles - lost.Determined not to reproduce the fiasco of the October 2016 confrontation, during which their predecessors were torn apart in front of the cameras, the five candidates for the LR Congress were careful not to appear as divisors.But in the heat of the action, between two fairly soporific interventions, the ego and the dissensus have resurfaced.The start of exchanges is quite boring.Do journalists, David Pujadas and Ruth Elkrief, try to blow on the embers: does Eric Ciotti find his competitors "a little soft"?The word does not cross the lips of the French Riviera, all smiles, which unrolls its economic program: 250.000 positions of less civil servants, "return to 39 hours paid 38 and retirement at 65 years".It pleads for a single rate income tax - 15% - for all.Valérie Pécresse pouts: "Where did the 80 billion revenue from income tax revenue? I'm afraid that we can't afford it ..."
"Macron, president of the checks"
On several occasions, the president of the Ile-de-France region is offensive.She assures that her project is "stronger" than that of Xavier Bertrand and more "reasonable" than that of Eric Ciotti."Me too, I want work to pay more than assistance," she insists.Today, we take checks.Emmanuel Macron is the president of the checks ".And to offer a reform: "I want employees to be owners of 10% of their company if it is listed on the stock market."Michel Barnier and Valérie Pécresse cling several times.The first reproach the second for making untenable promises on the number of officials of civil servants to decrease.Michel Barnier does not give specific figures, neither on the debt reduction plan, nor on how to restore room for maneuvering to companies.It earned her a creaky remark by Valérie Pécresse - "It is not responsible".Philippe Juvin and Xavier Bertrand oppose the place of renewable energies, the President of Hauts-de-France proclaiming his desire to increase the hexagonal nuclear park.The question of immigration puts everyone in agreement, despite some semantic nuances.The "great replacement", defended by Éric Zemmour, is an expression that Eric Ciotti does not refute, that "does not use" Michel Barnier and that "hates" Valérie Pécresse.Nothing fundamental, certainly, for the 110.000 LR members who will designate their presidential candidate, during the congress scheduled for December 4.Until then, the five contenders will find themselves three times in front of the cameras.
