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After the revelations of “Libé” on the irregularities during the primary and despite the difficulties, the candidate Les Républicains continues her campaign at a forced march.
A clearing in the Norman sky. From the top of a wooden observatory, Valérie Pécresse stares at the horizon. At his side, the boss of hunters in the department points to the national reserve of Grand’Mare, a place of preservation of wild species in Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, in Eure. We speak teal, ducks and snipe. “It is important to say that hunters practice biodiversity”, says Pécresse, alongside the president of the Normandy region, Hervé Morin, who acts as a guide for the occasion. In the distance, horses frolic in the bog. A rural postcard to make people forget the depressions that weigh on the candidate’s campaign?
For candidate LR, victorious in the party’s primary, the difficulties are piling up. Wednesday, Release revealed numerous irregularities in the register of members before the November election. Contributions paid by a third party, members who have been dead for several months or voters who do not know the identity of the candidate… Our investigation has called into question the sincerity of a ballot intended to be transparent and consensual. On BFM TV, Wednesday evening, …