12h56: Pécresse tackles Macron’s “cynicism”
No trip this Saturday on the agenda of Valérie Pécresse, but candidate LR held a press conference in her campaign HQ in Paris. She returned to the words of Emmanuel Macron on the unvaccinated, denouncing “his cynicism”. “Faced with times of cynicism, I realize that I must take up the presidential function”, she said, adding: “Emmanuel Macron has never ceased to divide the French”.
12:33 p.m .: Jadot obtains the 500 sponsorships
The environmental candidate has collected the 500 sponsorships of elected officials necessary to stand for the election, according to information from the Parisian. This number was reached “a week ago” but the quest continues to reach 600.
While this quest for sponsorship is simple for some, it can be a challenge for others. Like Eric Zemmour who asked Thursday for a boost from the Association of Mayors of France and its president LR David Lisnard to collect 500 sponsorships.
12:02: Still not “agree” for the primary of the left, confirms Hidalgo
In Jarnac, on the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the death of François Mitterrand, Anne Hidalgo (PS) confirmed that her proposal to organize a primary of the left “was not the subject of an agreement”.
“I tried to bring it together that it could be done through a clear process, transparent to our fellow citizens”, she explained, stressing: “A primary only makes sense if it is used to have a common, single candidate, not to add candidates. If the Greens are not present, it is no longer called a primary ”.
11:28 am: Zemmour, Le Pen, Hidalgo and Jadot on the move this Saturday
After his trip to Beauce on Friday, Eric Zemmour arrived at Sables-d’Olonne accompanied by Philippe de Villiers. After meeting the mayor, he will go to the statue of Saint-Michel, at the heart of the controversy since the announcement of his upcoming withdrawal.
For her part, Anne Hidalgo (PS) is making the “Jarnac pilgrimage” this Saturday, January 8, the anniversary of the death of former socialist president François Mitterrand. The ecologist Yannick Jadot is in Angers on the theme of therapeutic cannabis and Marine Le Pen continues her trip to Occitania, after going to Béziers on Friday, the city of Robert Ménard.
In Paris, Florian Philippot (Patriots) will lead a demonstration of opponents of the vaccine pass.
11:12 am: Renewed mobilization against health restrictions?
Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Tuesday on the unvaccinated will they lead to a renewed mobilization against health restrictions? This new presidential outing on the five million unvaccinated comes the day before national anti-pass demonstrations. The authorities anticipate a rebound in mobilization.
The presidential candidate Florian Philippot (Patriots) calls for a demonstration against the vaccine pass this Saturday in Paris. He had returned to the media scene since August by declaring himself the No. 1 opponent of health restrictions and in particular of the health pass. This Saturday he will organize another demonstration against sanitary measures. On this occasion, the former N ° 2 of the FN will broadcast a video message from Steve Bannon, the former campaign manager of Donald Trump, and another message recorded by Marion Maréchal, reports Le Parisien.
11:08 am: Macron will make security announcements on Monday in Nice
Emmanuel Macron will make announcements on the police and security this Monday in Nice, in particular on the programming law expected by the end of the 1st quarter, and will defend his record, much criticized by the opposition to the approach of the presidential election .
The Head of State, quasi-candidate for his re-election, “will draw the contours” of the future programming and orientation law for internal security (Lopsi) for the years 2022-27, which he had mentioned in his speech in Roubaix on September 14 at the end of the Beauvau de la sécurité, a vast consultation launched in February 2021.
11:01 am: Zemmour in Beauce to conquer “peripheral France”
The far-right candidate Eric Zemmour chained the winks supported to the rural “peripheral France” of the “forgotten”, dear to his rival Marine Le Pen, Friday during a trip to Beauce concluded by a meeting in Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir).
“Our political elites have neglected these territories. You weren’t as connected, as sympathetic as the inhabitants of the suburbs, ”quipped Eric Zemmour (Reconquest!) During this public meeting.
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