The right-wing candidate mentioned on the set of France 2 three personalities to whom she would like to entrust a portfolio. Between protests and hilarity, those concerned were unaware of being in the crosshairs of the LR.
She already saw them at the top of the bill. Valérie Pécresse spoke this Saturday on the 1 p.m. news from France 2 about her “ideas” of “personalities” to enter the government if elected: General Pierre de Villiers “to the defense”, novelist Leïla Slimani “to the Francophonie” and judoka Teddy Riner “to Youth”.
And the presidential candidate to defend: “By their influence, by their knowledge of the French and their ministerial portfolios”, these personalities would have “extremely valuable skills for a government that I want to form as widely as possible, to restore its military sovereignty to France, to restore hope to our youth and then to make French the great cause of the quinquennium”.
Problem, the latter were unaware of the great ambitions that the candidate LR had for them. “I was not aware beforehand of this statement by Madame Pécresse and I will not be her Minister of Defense”, thus reacted General Pierre de Villiers, former chief of staff of the armies.
His brother Philippe de Villiers, who supports Eric Zemmour for the presidential election, took the opportunity to denounce “disloyal methods of thugs than announcing names which have not even been approached”.
According to France Info, the novelist Leïla Slimani opposed a violent rejection: “I find it very inelegant. Nothing would horrify me more! That said, it would make a great idea for a novel!” she quipped.
As for judoka Teddy Riner, he has just started his preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games… According to France Info, he reacted with a simple “?” emoji.